🦋 Family

Acanthochitonidae

7 species · Animals

Animalia › Mollusca › Polyplacophora › Chitonida › Acanthochitonidae

Cryptochiton stelleri, the giant gumboot chiton, is the largest chiton, found on northern Pacific rocky coasts.

Acanthochitona zelandica is a small light brown spiny chiton found in intertidal New Zealand coastal waters.

Acanthochitona crinita is a small herbivorous chiton native to the northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.

Acanthochitona fascicularis is a chiton species found across multiple oceans, that lives on hard coastal and shallow marine surfaces.

Acanthochitona garnoti is a spiny South African intertidal chiton with distinctive girdle spines that irritate human skin.

Cryptoconchus porosus is a large butterfly-valve chiton native to New Zealand and found in Madagascar, living from intertidal zones down to 30m.

Notoplax violacea is a medium-sized carnivorous chiton found on rocky coasts from the mid-intertidal down to 15 meters deep.

Related Families

Ischnochitonidae 10 species Mopaliidae 10 species Tonicellidae 10 species Chitonidae 9 species Chaetopleuridae 2 species Cryptoplacidae 1 species

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