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Acanthochitona crinita Small Bristled Chiton, Bristled Chiton, Bristly mail shell

Acanthochitona crinitais commonly referred to as Small Bristled Chiton, Bristled Chiton, Bristly mail shell. Difficulty in the aquarium: Very easy. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Acanthochitona Criniata

Acanthochitona Criniata


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lexID:
6017 
AphiaID:
138675 
Scientific:
Acanthochitona crinita 
German:
Europäische Stachelkäferschnecke, Rändel-Käferschnecke 
English:
Small Bristled Chiton, Bristled Chiton, Bristly Mail Shell 
Category:
Chitons 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Polyplacophora (Class) > Chitonida (Order) > Acanthochitonidae (Family) > Acanthochitona (Genus) > crinita (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Pennant, ), 1777 
Occurrence:
Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Algeria, European Coasts, North Atlantic Ocean, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea, West Africa 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
0 - 70 Meter 
Size:
0.12" - 1.57" (0.3cm - 4cm) 
Temperature:
53.6 °F - 73.4 °F (12°C - 23°C) 
Food:
Algae, Carrion, Detritus 
Tank:
11 gal (~ 50L)  
Difficulty:
Very easy 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Acanthochitona achates
  • Acanthochitona andersoni
  • Acanthochitona angelica
  • Acanthochitona approximans
  • Acanthochitona armata
  • Acanthochitona arragonites
  • Acanthochitona astrigera
  • Acanthochitona avicula
  • Acanthochitona balesae
  • Acanthochitona bednalli
 
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-01-25 09:57:18 

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Acanthochitona crinita (Pennant, 1777)

Acanthochitona crinita can be found to the underside of rocks on the lower shore and sublittoral down to 50 m in depth.It is an oval shaped chiton.This chiton has a white v-shaped area in the centre of the valves.

The animals are only about a year old, on average, an exception among the chitons, which are usually several years old

Scientific paper

  1. PRODUCTION OF THE INTERTIDAL CHITON ACANTHOCHITONA CRINITA WITHIN A COMMUNITY OF CORALLINA ELONGATA (RHODOPHYTA), A. Bode, 1989

External links

  1. Acanthochitona crinita (Pennant, 1777), Identification and Biology. (en). Abgerufen am 25.01.2023.
  2. MarLIN – The Marine Life Information Network (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 21.04.2024.
  4. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Acanthochitona crinita © Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Bild aus der Adria
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Acanthochitona Criniata
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Acanthochitona crinita,A bristly chiton, Cornwall 2010

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