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Acanthopleura gemmata (Blainville, 1825)

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

accepted
Species
marine
(of ) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1825). Oscabrion, <i>Chiton</i>, 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] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acanthopleura gemmata (Blainville, 1825). Accessed through: Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stepien, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211919 on 2025-05-27
Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Acanthopleura gemmata (Blainville, 1825). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211919 on 2025-05-27
Date
action
by
1998-04-27 14:26:43Z
created
2000-09-13 07:19:12Z
changed
Garcia, Maria
2006-05-05 13:30:38Z
changed
2009-03-23 08:24:45Z
changed

original description (of ) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1825). Oscabrion, <i>Chiton</i>, 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. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details] OpenAccess publication

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). <em>Bollettino Malacologico, Supplemento.</em> 5: 45-62.
page(s): 54. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 9(1): 119-165., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.146 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Ferreira A.J. (1987). The chiton fauna of the Marquesas, with the description of a new species of <i>Plaxiphora</i> (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). <em>Monitore Zoologico Italiano.</em> 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  PDF available

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

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. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 58 (2): 79-82. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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

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

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

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