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Polyplacophora (Chitons)

 

Order: Chitonida

Family: Acanthochitonidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile

Acanthochitona biformis

(Nierstrasz, 1905) - (rediscovered) Indonesia & Philippines (Batangas Channel at Puerto Galera, Mindoro; Pulu Sanguisiapo, Tawi Tawi Islands, Sulu Archipelago) Rediscovered Access
             

Acanthochitona thileniusi

(Thiele, 1909) - (rediscovered) New Zealand Rediscovered or Relocated Access
             
Leptoplax varia Nierstrasz, 1905 - (rediscovered) Indonesia & Philippines (Batangas Channel at Puerto Galera, Mindoro; Pulu Sanguisiapo, Tawi Tawi Islands, Sulu Archipelago) Rediscovered Access
             
Pseudotonicia cuneata (Suter, 1908 "1907") - (rediscovered) New Zealand Rediscovered or Relocated Access

 

Family: Ischnochitonidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Stenosemus simplicissimus (Thiele, 1906) - (rediscovered) Cape of Good Hope & Southern Ocean Rediscovered Access

 

 

Order: Lepidopleurida

Family: Leptochitonidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Parachiton africanus (Nierstrasz, 1906) - (rediscovered) Mediterranean Sea Rediscovered Access

 

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