Americhiton andersoni

Author
Watters, 1981
Common Names
  • Smooth Glass-hair Chiton

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
55 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Bahamas, Florida, Cuba, Yucatán and Quintana Roo, Mexico to Southern Caribbean
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • epibiotic
  • rubble
References

  • 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.

  • Watters, G. T. 1981. Two new species of Acanthochitona from the New World (Polyplacophora: Cryptoplacidae). The Nautilus 95: 171–177.

  • Watters, G. T. 1990. A review of the Recent eastern Pacific Acanthochitoninae (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Cryptoplacidae) with the description of a new genus, Americhiton. The Veliger 33: 241–271.

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, 05-12-2024.

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