| Acanthochitona crinita (Pennant, 1777) |
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Sea of Barents, Svalbard to Cabo Verde, to western Mediterranean. On rocks and stones, from intertidal to circa 60m deep. Grazer.
Original taxon: Chiton crinitus.
Synonyms: adansoni, oblongus, onyx…
2m deep, under a big stone, western end of Corton Cove, Cassis, Provence, S. France. 23mm. |
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Chiton crinitus with detail of the 5th. valve, in G. B. Sowerby: The conchological illustrations vol. I, London 1841, via BHL.
9 bundles of short setae on each side. The granulation of its dorsal plates is rough and irregular (DORIS). |
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Young specimen colelcted in tide pool, plage de la Franqui, Leucate, Occitania, S. France. 4,3mm. Above and below: original pictures provided by S. Clanzig (FR).
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The laying out of the granules is characteristic: they are « less thickly arranged » than in A. fascicularis Pennant, « more spaced, and shaped from oval to a more or less elongated drop. » ( Bonfitto & al., 2011). |
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| At low tide, western shore of L’Herbaudière, northern extremity of Noirmoutier Island, Vendée, W. France. Original picture provided by J. Renoult for iNaturalist – (CC BY-NC). |
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Intertidal, Newtons Cove, Weymouth, Dorset, S. England. Original picture provided by C. Moody for iNaturalist.
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