Acanthopleura
| Acanthopleura | |
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| A mounted specimen of Acanthopleura spinosa, anterior end to the left | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Polyplacophora |
| Order: | Chitonida |
| Family: | Chitonidae |
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| Genus: | Acanthopleura Guilding, 1829 |
| Species | |
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8, see text. | |
Acanthopleura is a genus of chitons in the family Chitonidae. In this genus the girdle is spiny or spiky. It has eight described species at present.
Species[]
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), species in the genus Acanthopleura include [1]
- (Sowerby, 1840)
- Acanthopleura echinata (Barnes, 1824)
- Acanthopleura gemmata (de Blainville, 1825)
- Acanthopleura granulata (Gmelin, 1791)
- (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829)
- Bergenhayn, 1933
- (Bruguiere, 1792)
- de Rochebrune, 1882
- Blainville 1825
References[]
External links[]
Media related to Acanthopleura at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Acanthopleura at Wikispecies
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