Acanthopleura
| Acanthopleura | |
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| A mounted specimen of Acanthopleura spinosa, anterior end to the left | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Polyplacophora |
| Order: | Chitonida |
| Family: | Chitonidae |
| Subfamily: | Acanthopleurinae |
| Genus: | Acanthopleura Guilding, 1829 |
| Species | |
| 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
[edit]According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), species in the genus Acanthopleura include[1]
- Acanthopleura gemmata (de Blainville, 1825)
- Acanthopleura granulata (Gmelin, 1791)
- Acanthopleura loochooana (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829)
- Acanthopleura planispina Bergenhayn, 1933
- Acanthopleura spinosa (Bruguiere, 1792)
- Acanthopleura testudo (Spengler, 1797)
- Acanthopleura vaillantii de Rochebrune, 1882
- Synonyms
- Acanthopleura brevispinosa (G.B. Sowerby II, 1840): synonym of Acanthopleura testudo (Spengler, 1797)
- Acanthopleura echinata (Barnes, 1824): synonym of Enoplochiton echinatus (Barnes, 1824) (superseded combination)
- Acanthopleura hirtosa (Blainville, 1825) : synonym of Liolophura hirtosa (Blainville, 1825) (superseded combination)
- Acanthopleura gaimardi Blainville 1825: synonym of Liolophura gaimardi (Blainville, 1825) (superseded combination)
References
[edit]External links
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Media related to Acanthopleura at Wikimedia Commons 
Data related to Acanthopleura at Wikispecies
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