Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Polyplacophora > Subclass Neoloricata > Order Chitonida > Suborder Acanthochitonina > Superfamily Cryptoplacoidea > Family Acanthochitonidae > Genus Acanthochitona

Acanthochitona crinita (Pennant, 1777)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Acanthochitona*	Gray, 1821	accepted genus name
*Acanthochaetes*	Leach in Risso, 1826	synonym
*Acanthochites*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Acanthochiton*	Iredale, 1915	synonym
*Anisochiton*	P. Fischer, 1885	synonym

Species group names

*Chiton crinitus*	Pennant, 1777	basionym
*Acanthochaetes vulgaris*	Leach, 1852	synonym
*Acanthochites adansoni*	Rochebrune, 1881	synonym
*Acanthochites carinatus*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Acanthochites fascicularis*	(Linnaeus, 1767)	synonym
*Acanthochites fascicularis var. cinnabrina*	Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906	synonym
*Acanthochites fascicularis var. fusca*	Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906	synonym
*Acanthochites fascicularis var. lutescens*	Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906	synonym
*Acanthochitona crinita crinita*	(Pennant, 1777)	synonym
*Chiton crinitus*	Pennant, 1777	synonym
*Chiton fascicularis var. attenuata*	Jeffreys, 1865	synonym
*Chiton fascicularis var. minor*	Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Chiton onyx*	Spengler, 1797	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: kleine borstelkeverslak sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

French: petit chiton épineux sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Spanish, Castillian: quitón espinoso

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
status source	Bonfitto A., Dell'Angelo B., Evangelisti F. & Sabelli P. (2011) The genus Acanthochitona (Mollusca: Polylacophora) in the Mediterranean Sea: morphological and molecular data. Scientia Marina 75(1): 171-180.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Acanthochitona crinita. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138675