Marine Species Traits - Acanthopleura gemmata (Blainville, 1825)

Traits taxon details

Acanthopleura gemmata (Blainville, 1825)

gemmata

AphiaID

211919 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211919)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Acanthopleura Guilding, 1830

Original name

Chiton gemmatus Blainville, 1825

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1825). Oscabrion, Chiton. (Malentoz.) pp. 519-555, in: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 36. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris, & Le Normant, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25305184
page(s): 544 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acanthopleura gemmata (Blainville, 1825). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211919 on 2025-09-15

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Acanthopleura gemmata (Blainville, 1825). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211919 on 2025-09-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1998-04-27 14:26:43Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

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

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1825). Oscabrion, Chiton. (Malentoz.) pp. 519-555, in: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 36. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris, & Le Normant, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25305184
page(s): 544 [details]

context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. BioInvasions Records. 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors

basis of record Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Kaas P., Van Belle R.A. & Strack H. 2006. Monograph of living chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacaphora); volume 6: Suborder Ischnochitonina (concluded); Schizochitonidae & Chitonidae, additions to volumes 1-5. Brill, Leiden, 464 pp., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=ltD7EAAAQBAJ [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. Mediterranean Marine Science. 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]

additional source Dell'Angelo, B.; Bonfitto, A.; Sabelli, B. & Taviani, M. (2004). Chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) from bioclastic sands of the Ifaty-Tuléar back reefs (Madagascar, Western Indian Ocean). Bollettino Malacologico, Supplemento. 5: 45-62.
page(s): 54. [details] Available for editors

additional source Zenetos, A., E. Meric, M. Verlaque, P. Galli, C.F. Boudouresque, A. Giangrande, M. Cinar & M. Bilecenoglu. (2008). Additions to the annotated list of marine alien biota in the Mediterranean with special emphasis on Foraminifera and Parasites. Mediterranean Marine Science. 9(1): 119-165., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.146 [details] Available for editors

additional source Ferreira A.J. (1987). The chiton fauna of the Marquesas, with the description of a new species of Plaxiphora (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Monitore Zoologico Italiano. new ser., suppl. 22: 177-191., available online at http:// https://doi.org/10.1080/03749444.1987.10736727
page(s): 188 [details] Available for editors

additional source Yoshioka, E.; Fujitani, E. (2006). Activity and Homing Behavior of Two Species of Acanthopleura (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) on a Subtropical Shore in Japan. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 65 (1-2): 123-139. [details] Available for editors

additional source Yoshioka, E.; Ikebe, Y.; Fujitani, E.; Okuda, N. (1999). Distribution of Acanthopleura spp. (Polyplacophora:Chitonidae) in the western part of Iriomote Island, Aragusuku and Kuroshima Islands, Okinawa. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 58 (2): 79-82. [details] Available for editors

additional source Yoshioka, E. (1997). Distribution of Acanthopleura spp. (Polyplacophora: Chitonidae) in Iriomote, Ishigaki and Miyako Islands, Okinawa. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 56 (3): 253-257. [details] Available for editors

additional source Yoshioka, E.; Nakashima, Y. (1996). Distribution of Four Species of Acanthopteura (Polyplacophora: Chitonidae) in Sesoko Island, Okinawa. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 55 (1): 41-49. [details] Available for editors

additional source Yoshioka, E. ; Fuse, T. (1993). Egg Morphology of Three Chitons from Okinawa. VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology). 52（2）:161− 165. [details]

additional source Hulings, N. C. (1991). Activity patterns and homing of Acanthopleura gemmata (Blainville, 1825) (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) in the rocky intertidal of the Jordan Gulf of Aqaba. The Nautilus. 105(1): 16-25, figs. 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8271042 [details]