WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Acanthopleura brevispinosa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840)

AphiaID

211922 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211922)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Acanthopleura Guilding, 1829

Synonymised names

Acanthopleura spiniger (Sowerby, 1840) (the nominal species is a synonym of Acanthopleura gemmata; the SW Indian Ocean records refer to A. brevispinosa; Red Sea records to A. vaillantii (see Kaas et al. 2006))

Chiton brevispinosus G. B. Sowerby II, 1840 (original combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Description Distinctive, large species with dimpled plate margins and a dark girdle of conspicuous spicules, up to 7 cm. Habitat:...

Description Distinctive, large species with dimpled plate margins and a dark girdle of conspicuous spicules, up to 7 cm. Habitat: littoral fringe rock surfaces. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean (Richmond, 1997). [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase (2018). Acanthopleura brevispinosa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211922 on 2018-06-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-04-16 06:07:12Z

created

Onyango, Eunice

2000-09-13 07:19:12Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2006-05-05 13:30:38Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2009-03-23 08:24:45Z

changed

Schwabe, Enrico

2012-05-14 15:31:10Z

changed

Gille, Didier

2012-08-15 02:02:24Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2016-07-23 16:02:17Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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[taxonomic tree]

basis of record Taylor, J.D. (1971). Intertidal Zonation at Aldabra Atoll. Phil. Trns. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 260, 173-213 [details]

additional source Kaas P. (1996). Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from the Seychelles with description of a new species. Zoologische Mededelingen. 70(25): 367-375., available online at http://dare.uva.nl/cgi/arno/show.cgi?fid=150665 [details]

basis of record (ofAcanthopleura spiniger (Sowerby, 1840)) Leloup, E. (1981). Chitons de Tulear, Reunion, Maurice et Tahiti. Bull. Inst. R. Sci. nat. Belg. (Biologie) 53(3): 1-46. [details]

basis of record (ofChiton brevispinosus G. B. Sowerby II, 1840) Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/z02189p218f.pdf [details] Available for editors