NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2000

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Acanthochitonidae
  Suborder - Acanthochitonina
  Order - Chitonida
  Subclass - Neoloricata
  Class - Polyplacophora
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Acanthochitona crinita
      Species - Acanthochitona discrepans
      Species - Acanthochitona pygmaea
      Species - Acanthochitona spiculosa
      Species - Acanthochitona communis
      Species - Acanthochitona balesae
      Species - Acanthochitona angelica
      Species - Acanthochitona avicula
      Species - Acanthochitona hemphilli
      Species - Acanthochitona imperatrix
      Species - Acanthochitona fascicularis
      Species - Acanthochitona roseojugum
      Species - Acanthochitona zebra