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Acanthopleura granulata West Indian Fuzzy Chiton

Acanthopleura granulatais commonly referred to as West Indian Fuzzy Chiton. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Acanthopleura granulata,Polyplacophora of Mexico,From Cozumel Island 2016


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lexID:
6024 
AphiaID:
386270 
Scientific:
Acanthopleura granulata 
German:
West Indische Käferschnecke 
English:
West Indian Fuzzy Chiton 
Category:
Chitons 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Polyplacophora (Class) > Chitonida (Order) > Chitonidae (Family) > Acanthopleura (Genus) > granulata (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Gmelin, ), 1791 
Occurrence:
Columbia, Cuba, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, India, Panama, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the Caribbean 
Sea depth:
0 - 1 Meter 
Habitats:
Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Stony soils, Tide pools / rock pools 
Size:
up to 3.94" (10 cm) 
Temperature:
26,3 °F - 28,4 °F (26,3°C - 28,4°C) 
Food:
Algae, Carrion, Detritus 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-12-29 13:33:06 

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Acanthopleura granulata (Gmelin, 1791)

Acanthopleura granulata consists of 8 plates. Around the plates is a gray girdle with black bands. Hair-like spines on the girdle give it a furry imppression. The brown plates are usually eroded or encrusted with algae.

Acanthopleura granulata is common all over the Caribbean.It lives on hard substrates.

Synonymised names
Chiton (Acanthopleura) blauneri Shuttleworth, 1856 · unaccepted
Chiton (Acanthopleura) mucronulatus Shuttleworth, 1853 · unaccepted
Chiton convexus Blainville, 1825 · unaccepted
Chiton granulatus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)
Chiton occidentalis Reeve, 1847 · unaccepted
Chiton piceus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
Chiton salamander Spengler, 1797 · unaccepted

Scientific paper

  1. Variability in the diurnal stress protein (Hsp70) cycle in tropical chitons ( Acanthopleura granulata ) from the intertidal zone: the influence of temperature and photoperiod exposure, Schill, Ralph O.; Gayle, Peter M.H.; Fritz, Gisela B.; Köhler, H.-R. , 2008
  2. Daily stress protein (hsp70) cycle in chitons (Acanthopleura granulata Gmelin, 1791) which inhabit the rocky intertidal shoreline in a tropical ecosystem, Ralph O. Schill; Peter M.H. Gayle; Heinz-R. Köhler, 2002
  3. Absorption Efficiencies of the Intertidal Mangrove Dwelling Mollusk Melampus coffeus LINNÉ and the Rocky Intertidal Mollusk Acanthopleura granulata GMELIN, David Mook., 1986
  4. The radular muscle myoglobins of the amphineuran mollusc, acanthopleura granulata gmelin, Robert C. Terwilliger; Kenneth R.H. Read, 1969
  5. XV.— On an abnormal specimen of the chiton , Acanthopleura granulata, Berry, S. Stillman, 1925

External links

  1. Marine species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 29.12.2023.
  3. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Acanthopleura granulata,Polyplacophora of Mexico,From Cozumel Island 2016
Acanthopleura granulata,Polyplacophora of Mexico,From Cozumel Island 2016
Acanthopleura granulata, West Indian Fuzzy Chiton.7cm long,Portobelo, Panama (on the Caribbean)2016

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