Acanthochitona crinita/discrepans agg.
(a species aggregate of chitons)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Species aggregateAcanthochitona crinita/discrepans agg. (a species aggregate of chitons)
GenusAcanthochitona (a genus of molluscs)
FamilyACANTHOCHITONIDAE (a family of chitons)
SuperfamilyCRYPTOPLACOIDEA (a superfamily of molluscs)
SuborderACANTHOCHITONINA (a suborder of molluscs)
OrderCHITONIDA (an order of molluscs)
SubclassNEOLORICATA (an order of molluscs)
ClassPOLYPLACOPHORA (chitons, coat-of-mail shells)
PhylumMOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Acanthochitona crinita/discrepans agg. (a species aggregate of chitons) :
1: Acanthochitona crinita/discrepans agg. (a species aggregate of chitons)
25 Mar 2009 OSGR: SY67 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
in rockpool, on underside of loose rock
Image 1: Dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 3: Latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 4: Ventral view - close-up - enlarged
2: Acanthochitona crinita/discrepans agg. (a species aggregate of chitons)
6 May 2008 OSGR: SY67 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
at edge of rock pool
Image 1: Dorsal plates - close-up - highly enlargedImage 2: Dorsal plates - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 3: Dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 4: Dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 5: Dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (3)Image 6: Dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (4)Image 7: Dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (5)Image 8: Dorsal view - mid-section - close-up - highly enlargedImage 9: Dorsal view - posterior end - close-up - highly enlargedImage 10: In situ - close-up - enlargedImage 11: In situ - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 12: In situ - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 13: Rolled up - close-up - highly enlargedImage 14: Rolled up in pool - close-up - enlargedImage 15: Unrolling - close-up - highly enlargedImage 16: Unrolling - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 17: Ventral view (crawling on glass) - close-up - highly enlargedImage 18: Ventral view (crawling on glass) - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 19: Ventral view (crawling on glass) - close-up - highly enlarged (3)Image 20: Ventral view (lying on back) - close-up - highly enlargedImage 21: Ventral view (lying on back) - close-up - highly enlarged (2)

Acanthochitona crinita/discrepans agg. (a species aggregate of chitons) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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