Species Identification
Back to search
Other identification tools

Species Identification: Find Species

Family: Acanthochitonidae



(See list of species below)

Select Class:     Select Order:   
Select Family: Subfamily:     Select Genus:
Select Ocean (marine/brackish) or Continent (freshwater):
Select a country:
Only include species occuring above: m
and anal fins (optional).      Enter total length (TL) and maximum body depth (BD)
Show family drawing(s)



47 species (see list below)
Export file

1 of 1 Jump to:
No picture found
 
Acanthochitona angelica
[]
No picture found
 
Acanthochitona armata
[]
No picture found
 
Acanthochitona astrigera
[]
No picture found
 
Acanthochitona avicula
[]
No picture found
 
Acanthochitona balesae
[Slender glass-hair chiton]
No picture found
 
Acanthochitona bonairensis
[]
No picture found
 
Acanthochitona burghardtae
[]
No picture found
 
Acanthochitona ciroi
[]
No picture found
 
Acanthochitona communis
[]

Fenwick, David

Northeast Atlantic

Acanthochitona crinita(Pennant, 1777)

Photo by Fenwick, David
 
Acanthochitona crinita
[]
No picture found
 
Acanthochitona discrepans
[]
No picture found
 
Acanthochitona dissimilis
[]

Coudre, Christian

Mediterranean and Atlanti
Max. Length 2.6 cm DL
Acanthochitona fascicularis(Linnaeus, 1767)

Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
Acanthochitona fascicularis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm TL
 
Acanthochitona hemphilli
[Red glass-hair chiton]
No picture found
 
Acanthochitona imperatrix
[]
No picture found
 
Acanthochitona lineata
[Striped glass-haired chiton]
No picture found
 
Acanthochitona oxum
[]
No picture found
 
Acanthochitona penicillata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.8 cm DL
 
Acanthochitona pygmaea
[Striate glass-hair chiton]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.8 cm DL
 
Acanthochitona rhodea
[]
No picture found
 
Acanthochitona roseojugum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.8 cm TL
 
Acanthochitona spiculosa
[Glass-haired chiton]
No picture found
 
Acanthochitona spratlyenses
[]
No picture found
 
Acanthochitona thileniusi
[]
No picture found
 
Acanthochitona venezuelana
[]
No picture found
 
Acanthochitona viridis
[Chiton]
No picture found
 
Acanthochitona woodwardi
[]
No picture found
 
Acanthochitona worsfoldi
[]
No picture found
 
Acanthochitona zebra
[]
No picture found
 
Acanthochitona zelandica
[]
No picture found
 
Americhiton andersoni
[Smooth glass-hair chiton]
No picture found
 
Choneplax indica
[]
No picture found
 
Choneplax lata
[]
No picture found
 
Choneplax littlerorum
[]
No picture found
 
Craspedochiton hemphilli
[Hemphill's chiton]
No picture found
 
Craspedochiton laqueatus
[]
No picture found
 
Cryptochiton oliveri
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 32.5 cm TL
 
Cryptochiton stelleri
[Giant Pacific chiton]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm TL
 
Cryptoconchus floridanus
[White-barred chiton]
No picture found
 
Cryptoconchus oliveri
[]
No picture found
 
Cryptoconchus porosus
[Butterfly chiton]
No picture found
 
Leptoplax doederleini
[]
No picture found
 
Leptoplax unica
[]
No picture found
 
Notoplax curvisetosa
[]
No picture found
 
Notoplax holosericea
[]
No picture found
 
Notoplax magellanica
[Tufted spiny sea cradle]
No picture found
 
Pseudotonicia cuneata
[]


Scientific Name
    • English Name
    • Distribution
    • Max. Length
    • Year



    • Other identification tools in SeaLifeBase


    Identification by pictures:
    If you already know the Family, go to Search SeaLifeBase, select Family and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in SeaLifeBase for the family.

    If you already know the Country, go to     Search SeaLifeBase, select Country and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in SeaLifeBase for the country.

    If you already know the Ecosystem, go to     Search SeaLifeBase, select Ecosystem and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in SeaLifeBase for the ecosystem.