West Indian Fuzzy Chiton Acanthopleura granulata

Photo: Marion Haarsma

Classification

Chitonidae [family]
Acanthopleura [genus] (1)
granulata [species]

Classification

Chitonidae [family]
Acanthopleura [genus] (1)
granulata [species]

Presence

Recorded on
  • Aruba
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  • Bonaire
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  • Klein Bonaire
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  • Curaçao
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  • Klein Curaçao
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  • Saba
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  • Sint Eustatius
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  • Sint Maarten
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    Presence status
  • Indigenous (1) - Aruba
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  • Indigenous (1) - Bonaire
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  • Indigenous (1) - Klein Bonaire
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  • Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
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  • Indigenous (1) - Klein Curaçao
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  • Indigenous (1) - Saba
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  • Indigenous (1) - Sint Eustatius
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  • Indigenous (1) - Sint Maarten
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    Publications

    • Berschauer, D.P., Ros, L.G. 2014. A survey of mollusks collected in Aruba. The Festivus 45 (3): 9.
    • Clement, D., Nolf, P., Nolf, F. 2016. Shelling on Sint-Maarten/Saint Martin, the 'Friendly Island': Part I: Introduction and land mollusca. Neptunea 14(1): 1-29.
    • Hewitt, S.J. 2013. Marine mollusks from the island of Saba, Leeward Islands, West Indies. The Festivus 45(8): 67-73.
    • Hewitt, S.J., Leeuwen, S. van 2017. Marine molluscs from the island of St. Eustatius, Eastern Caribbean: results of the Statia Marine Biodiversity Expedition 2015. Vita Malacologica 16: 44-79.
    • Jong, K.M. de, Kristensen, I. 1968. Gegevens over de Mollusken van Curaçao uitgezonderd de Mariene Gastropoden. Correspondentie blad Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging, Supplement Suppl. 1968: 45 pp..
    • Kaas, P. 1972. Polyplacophora of the Caribbean Region. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 41: 1-162.
    • Leeuwen, S. van, Hewitt, S.J. 2016. Molluscs of St. Eustatius. In: Marine biodiversity survey of St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean, 2015. 83-112. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, and ANEMOON Foundation, Bennebroek.