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Acanthopleura
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Acanthopleura

Acanthopleura is a genus of chitons in the family Chitonidae. In this genus the girdle is spiny or spiky. It has eight described species at present.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first

West Indian Fuzzy Chiton

speciesAcanthopleura granulata

Jewelled Chiton

speciesAcanthopleura gemmata

Acanthopleura vaillantii

speciesAcanthopleura vaillantii

Acanthopleura spinosa

speciesAcanthopleura spinosa

Acanthopleura loochooana

speciesAcanthopleura loochooana

Acanthopleura testudo

speciesAcanthopleura testudo

Acanthopleura tenuispinosa

speciesAcanthopleura tenuispinosa

Acanthopleura planispina

speciesAcanthopleura planispina

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49516.