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Polyplacophora Neoloricata CHITONIDAE
Acanthopleura spiniger (Sowerby, 1840)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Chiton spiniger Sowerby, 1840
Distribution
Red Sea (Solimon&Guirguis1982)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Andaman and Nicobar
Subba Rao, N. V. 2003. p.55
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa
Sykes, E. R. 1907. p.34
Keywords
depth: intertidal Subba Rao, N. V. 2003. p.55
salinity: marine
substrate: rocks [ 'commonly attached to rocks in the intertidal region'
] Subba Rao, N. V. 2003. p.55
References
Soliman, G.N. & Iskander, A.N. 1982. p.205 General reference
Subba Rao, N. V. 2003. p.55 General reference
Sykes, E. R. 1907. p.34 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Polyplacophora Blainville, 1816
Neoloricata Bergenhayn, 1955
Ischnochitonina
CHITONIDAE
ACANTHOPLEURINAE
Acanthopleura Guilding, 1829
Acanthopleura spiniger (Sowerby, 1840)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=73336) created by Mark Kitson on 2002-07-15. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-07-14.