WRiMS taxon details
Acanthochitona achates (A. Gould, 1859)
386463 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:386463)
accepted
Species
marine
(of ) Gould, A. A. (1859). Descriptions of shells collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 7: 161-166., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249721
page(s): 165 [details]
page(s): 165 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acanthochitona achates (A. Gould, 1859). Accessed through: Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stepien, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=386463 on 2025-05-17
Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Acanthochitona achates (A. Gould, 1859). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=386463 on 2025-05-17
Date
action
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original description
(of ) Gould, A. A. (1859). Descriptions of shells collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 7: 161-166., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249721
page(s): 165 [details]
basis of record Sirenko B.I. & Saito H. (2017). New species of chitons of the superfamily Cryptoplacoidea (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from Vietnamese waters. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4299(4): 451-506., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4299.4.1
page(s): 474, figs 21-23, 44A [details] Available for editors
additional source Eernisse, D.; Draeger, A.; Pilgrim, E. (2018). Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) rafted on tsunami debris from Japan to the shores of Washington, Oregon, and Hawai‘i. <em>Aquatic Invasions.</em> 13(1): 71-86., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2018.13.1.06 [details]
additional source Sirenko, B. I. & Zhang, J.-L., 2019. (2019). Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) of Hainan Island and vicinity, South China Sea. <em>Zootaxa 4564 (1): 1-40.</em> [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
page(s): 165 [details]
basis of record Sirenko B.I. & Saito H. (2017). New species of chitons of the superfamily Cryptoplacoidea (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from Vietnamese waters. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4299(4): 451-506., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4299.4.1
page(s): 474, figs 21-23, 44A [details] Available for editors

additional source Eernisse, D.; Draeger, A.; Pilgrim, E. (2018). Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) rafted on tsunami debris from Japan to the shores of Washington, Oregon, and Hawai‘i. <em>Aquatic Invasions.</em> 13(1): 71-86., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2018.13.1.06 [details]
additional source Sirenko, B. I. & Zhang, J.-L., 2019. (2019). Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) of Hainan Island and vicinity, South China Sea. <em>Zootaxa 4564 (1): 1-40.</em> [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors





From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal United States part of the North Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) Debris: transport of species on human generated debris (dock) [details]
To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthochitona achates)
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To Malacopics (Acanthochitona achates (A. Gould, 1859) Japan, Wakayama, ex coll. J.Ph. Voorwinde)
To Malacopics (Acanthochitona achates (A. Gould, 1859))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthochitona achates)
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To Malacopics (Acanthochitona achates (A. Gould, 1859) Japan, Wakayama, ex coll. J.Ph. Voorwinde)
To Malacopics (Acanthochitona achates (A. Gould, 1859))