Acanthochitona zebra

Author
Lyons, 1988

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Min Depth
1 meters
Max Depth
24 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Bahamas, Florida, Cuba, Yucatán and Quintana Roo, Mexico and northern Caribbean
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • epibiotic
  • rubble
  • coral reef
Microhabitat
  • rock
  • coral
References

  • Espinosa, J., R. Fernández-Garcés, and E. Rolán. 1995. Catálogo actualizado de los moluscos marinos actuales de Cuba. Sociedad Española de Malacología, Reseñas Malacológicas IX: 1–90.

  • Kaas, P., and R. A. Van Belle. 1998. Catalogue of Living Chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora); second, revised edition. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden.

  • Lyons, W. G. 1988. A review of Caribbean Acanthochitonidae (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) with descriptions of six new species of Acanthochitona Gray, 1821. American Malacological Bulletin 6: 79–114.

  • Lyons, W. G., and J. F. Quinn, Jr. 1995. Appendix J. Marine and terrestrial species: Phylum Mollusca. Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Draft Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement 3: J10–J26.

  • Reyes-Gómez, A. 2004. Chitons in Mexican waters. Bollettino Malacologico 39, Supplement 5: 69–81.

Endnotes

  • New record for MX Gulf: Arrecife Alacrán, YU, voucher at TAMUCC.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Lyons, W. G. and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Polyplacophora (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 569–578 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 04-26-2024.

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