Acanthochitona penicillata

Animalia/Mollusca/Polyplacophora/Chitonida/Acanthochitonidae/Acanthochitona

At a glance

Occurrence records151

Data sources5

Biological traits2

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Acanthochitona penicillata's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility82 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System69 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources2 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS151 records

01Narrative

Acanthochitona penicillata is een keverslakkensoort uit de familie van de Acanthochitonidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1863 door Deshayes.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type151 records

Wild obs. + sensor8

Museum / vouchered143

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO244 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit47

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 8 m · max 24 m · 47 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy43% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 2>10 km 4

7 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor8

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy37% within 1 km

≤100 m 4≤1 km 15≤10 km 10>10 km 23

52 georeferenced · 91 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence143

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions3 of 7 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Frankfurt am Main	33
CASlocation not on record	15
Brussels, BE	8
Philadelphia, US	6
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	5
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	5
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record	2

7 institutions · 74 of 143 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code