Ακανθοχίτων

Ο ακανθοχίτων (επιστημονική-λατινική ονομασία Acanthochitona) είναι γένος θαλάσσιων μαλακίων της τάξεως των χιτώνων, που ταξινομείται στην ομώνυμη οικογένεια ακανθοχιτωνίδες και εμφανίζει παγκόσμια γεωγραφική κατανομή.

Είδη
Σύμφωνα με την «Παγκόσμια Καταγραφή Θαλάσσιων Ειδών» (World Register of Marine Species, WoRMS), μεταξύ των ειδών ακανθοχίτωνα συγκαταλέγονται και τα εξής:

 Acanthochitona achates (Gould, 1859)
 Acanthochitona andersoni, Watters, 1981
 Acanthochitona angelica, W.H. Dall, 1919
 Acanthochitona approximans (Hedley & Hull, 1912)
 Acanthochitona armata (Pease, 1872)
 Acanthochitona arragonites (Carpenter, 1857)
 Acanthochitona astrigera (Reeve, 1847)
 Acanthochitona avicula (Carpenter, 1857)
 Acanthochitona balesae, Pilsbry MS, Abbott, 1954
 Acanthochitona bednalli (Pilsbry, 1894)
 Acanthochitona biformis (Nierstrasz, 1905)
 Acanthochitona bisulcata (Pilsbry, 1893)
 Acanthochitona bouvieri (de Rochebrune, 1881)
 Acanthochitona brookesi, Ashby, 1926
 Acanthochitona brunoi, Righi, 1971
 Acanthochitona burghardtae, Clark, 2000
 Acanthochitona byungdoni, Hong, Dell'Angelo & Van Belle, 1990
 Acanthochitona circellata (A. Adams & Reeve MS, Reeve, 1847)
 Acanthochitona ciroi, Righi, 1971
 Acanthochitona complanata, Hull, 1924
 Acanthochitona coxi (Pilsbry, 1894)
 Acanthochitona crinita (Pennant, 1777)
 Acanthochitona crinita crinita (Pennant, 1777)
 Acanthochitona crinita oblonga, Leloup, 1981
 Acanthochitona defilippii (Tapparone Canefri, 1874)
 Acanthochitona discrepans (Brown, 1827)
 Acanthochitona dissimilis, Is. & Iw. Taki, 1931
 Acanthochitona exquisita (Pilsbry, 1893)
 Acanthochitona fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767)
 Acanthochitona ferreirai, Lyons, 1988
 Acanthochitona garnoti (de Blainville, 1825)
 Acanthochitona gatliffi, Ashby, 1919
 Acanthochitona granostriata (Pilsbry, 1894)
 Acanthochitona hemphilli (Pilsbry, 1893)
 Acanthochitona hirudiniformis
 Acanthochitona hirudiniformis hirudiniformis (Sowerby στους Broderip & Sowerby, 1832)
 Acanthochitona hirudiniformis peruviana, Leloup, 1941
 Acanthochitona imperatrix, Watters, 1981
 Acanthochitona intermedia (Nierstrasz, 1905)
 Acanthochitona joallesi (de Rochebrune, 1881)
 Acanthochitona jucunda (de Rochebrune, 1882)
 Acanthochitona jugotenuis, Kaas, 1979
 Acanthochitona kimberi (Torr, 1912)
 Acanthochitona leopoldi (Leloup, 1933)
 Acanthochitona limbata, Kaas, 1986
 Acanthochitona lineata, Lyons, 1988
 Acanthochitona macrocystialis, Ashby, 1924
 Acanthochitona mahensis, Winckworth, 1927
 Acanthochitona mastalleri, Leloup MS, Strack, 1989
 Acanthochitona minuta, Leloup, 1980
 Acanthochitona noumeaensis, Leloup, 1941
 Acanthochitona pelicanensis, Mackay, 1929
 Acanthochitona penetrans, Winckworth, 1933
 Acanthochitona penicillata (Deshayes, 1863)
 Acanthochitona pilsbryi (Sykes, 1896)
 Acanthochitona pygmaea (Pilsbry, 1893)
 Acanthochitona quincunx, Leloup, 1981
 Acanthochitona retrojecta (Pilsbry, 1894)
 Acanthochitona rhodea (Pilsbry, 1893)
 Acanthochitona roseojugum, Lyons, 1988
 Acanthochitona rubrolineata (Lischke, 1873)
 Acanthochitona saundersi, Gowlett & Zeidler, 1987
 Acanthochitona scutigera (A. Adams & Reeve M.S., Reeve, 1847)
 Acanthochitona shaskyi, Ferreira, 1987
 Acanthochitona shirleyi, Ashby, 1922
 Acanthochitona sibogae (Thiele, 1909)
 Acanthochitona subrubicunda, Leloup, 1941
 Acanthochitona sueurii (de Blainville, 1825)
 Acanthochitona terezae, Guerra Júnior, 1983
 Acanthochitona thackwayi, Ashby, 1924
 Acanthochitona thileniusi, Lyons, 1988
 Acanthochitona variegata (Nierstrasz, 1906)
 Acanthochitona venezuelana, Lyons, 1988
 Acanthochitona viridis (Pease, 1872)
 Acanthochitona woodwardi, Kaas & Van Belle, 1988
 Acanthochitona worsfoldi, Lyons, 1988
 Acanthochitona zebra, Lyons, 1988
 Acanthochitona zelandica (Quoy και Gaimard, 1835)

Παραπομπές

Πηγές
 Acanthochitona στο ITIS
 Powell, A.W.B.: New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd., Auckland 1979, ISBN 0-00-216906-1

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