Acanthopleura gemmata | |
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A mounted specimen of Acanthopleura gemmata at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Polyplacophora |
Order: | Chitonida |
Family: | Chitonidae |
Subfamily: | Acanthopleurinae |
Genus: | Acanthopleura |
Species: | A. gemmata
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Binomial name | |
Acanthopleura gemmata (Blainville, 1825)
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Synonyms | |
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Acanthopleura gemmata, the jewelled chiton, is a species of chiton in the family Chitonidae. [1]
This large species of chiton grows to be about 7 cm (3 inches) in length. It has oval shaped body with dimpled plate margins, a brown girdle with eight overlapping plates, long calcareous spicules and dark bands.
This chiton has an Indo-Pacific distribution.
This species lives in the littoral zone of coral reefs on the rocks and cliffs.
Acanthopleura gemmata | |
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A mounted specimen of Acanthopleura gemmata at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Polyplacophora |
Order: | Chitonida |
Family: | Chitonidae |
Subfamily: | Acanthopleurinae |
Genus: | Acanthopleura |
Species: | A. gemmata
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Binomial name | |
Acanthopleura gemmata (Blainville, 1825)
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Synonyms | |
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Acanthopleura gemmata, the jewelled chiton, is a species of chiton in the family Chitonidae. [1]
This large species of chiton grows to be about 7 cm (3 inches) in length. It has oval shaped body with dimpled plate margins, a brown girdle with eight overlapping plates, long calcareous spicules and dark bands.
This chiton has an Indo-Pacific distribution.
This species lives in the littoral zone of coral reefs on the rocks and cliffs.