A review of Caribbean Acanthochitonidae (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) with description of six new species of Acanthochitona Gray, 1821
Lyons, W.G. (1988). A review of Caribbean Acanthochitonidae (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) with description of six new species of Acanthochitona Gray, 1821. Am. Malacol. Bull. 16(1): 79-114
In: American Malacological Bulletin. American Malacological Union: Hattiesburg. ISSN 0740-2783; e-ISSN 2162-2698, meer
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Biology > Organism morphology > Animal morphology
Distribution > Geographical distribution
Synopsis
Taxa > Species > New taxa > New species
Acanthochitona J. E. Gray, 1821 [WoRMS]; Acanthochitonidae Simroth, 1894 (1881) [WoRMS]; Mollusca [WoRMS]; Polyplacophora [WoRMS]
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Nine previously described species of Acanthochitonidae are recognized in the region between Bermuda and the Caribbean coast of South America: Acanthochitona andersoni ; A. astrigera, A. balesae (+A. elongata and A. interfissa , A. bonairensis A. hemphilli; A. pygmaea; A. rhodea, Choneplax lata; Cryptoconchus floridanus . Four new species (Acanthochitona lineata, A. roseojugum, A. worsfoldi and A. zebra) are described from Florida, the Bahama Islands and the northern Caribbean; Acanthochitona venezuelana sp. nov. is described from Margarita Id., Venezuela; Acanthochitona ferreirai sp. nov. is described from Pacific coasts of Panama and Costa Rica. No subsequently collected specimens were seen of Acanthochitona spiculosa, originally described from the West Indies; A. spiculosa is considered a species inquirenda. |
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