Acanthochitona

Acanthochitona is a genus of chitons in the family Acanthochitonidae, of worldwide distribution.

==Species== According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), species in the genus Acanthochitona include Acanthochitona achates (Gould, 1859) Acanthochitona andersoni Watters, 1981 Acanthochitona angelica W. H. Dall, 1919 Acanthochitona approximans (Hedley & Hull, 1912) Acanthochitona armata (Pease, 1872) Acanthochitona arragonites (Carpenter, 1857) Acanthochitona astrigera (Reeve, 1847) Acanthochitona avicula (Carpenter, 1857) Acanthochitona balesae Pilsbry MS, Abbott, 1954 – slender glass-hair chiton Acanthochitona bednalli (Pilsbry, 1894) Acanthochitona biformis (Nierstrasz, 1905) Acanthochitona bisulcata (Pilsbry, 1893) Acanthochitona bouvieri (de Rochebrune, 1881) Acanthochitona brookesi Ashby, 1926 Acanthochitona brunoi Righi, 1971 Acanthochitona burghardtae Clark, 2000 Acanthochitona byungdoni Hong, Dell'Angelo & Van Belle, 1990 Acanthochitona circellata (A. Adams & Reeve MS, Reeve, 1847) Acanthochitona ciroi Righi, 1971 Acanthochitona complanata Hull, 1924 Acanthochitona coxi (Pilsbry, 1894) Acanthochitona crinita (Pennant, 1777) Acanthochitona crinita crinita (Pennant, 1777) Acanthochitona crinita oblonga Leloup, 1981 Acanthochitona defilippii (Tapparone Canefri, 1874) Acanthochitona discrepans (Brown, 1827) Acanthochitona dissimilis Is. & Iw. Taki, 1931 Acanthochitona exquisita (Pilsbry, 1893) Acanthochitona fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) Acanthochitona feroxa Kim & Hwang, 2026 Acanthochitona ferreirai Lyons, 1988 Acanthochitona garnoti (de Blainville, 1825) Acanthochitona gatliffi Ashby, 1919 Acanthochitona granostriata (Pilsbry, 1894) Acanthochitona hemphilli (Pilsbry, 1893) – red glass-hair chiton Acanthochitona hirudiniformis Acanthochitona hirudiniformis hirudiniformis (Sowerby in Broderip & Sowerby, 1832) Acanthochitona hirudiniformis peruviana Leloup, 1941 Acanthochitona imperatrix Watters, 1981 Acanthochitona intermedia(Nierstrasz, 1905) Acanthochitona joallesi (de Rochebrune, 1881) Acanthochitona jucunda (de Rochebrune, 1882) Acanthochitona jugotenuis Kaas, 1979 Acanthochitona kimberi (Torr, 1912) Acanthochitona leopoldi (Leloup, 1933) Acanthochitona limbata Kaas, 1986 Acanthochitona lineata Lyons, 1988 Acanthochitona macrocystialis Ashby, 1924 Acanthochitona mahensis Winckworth, 1927 Acanthochitona mastalleri Leloup MS, Strack, 1989 Acanthochitona minuta Leloup, 1980 Acanthochitona noumeaensis Leloup, 1941 Acanthochitona pelicanensis Mackay, 1929 Acanthochitona penetrans Winckworth, 1933 Acanthochitona penicillata (Deshayes, 1863) Acanthochitona pilsbryi (Sykes, 1896) Acanthochitona pygmaea (Pilsbry, 1893) – striate glass-hair chiton Acanthochitona quincunx Leloup, 1981 Acanthochitona retrojecta (Pilsbry, 1894) Acanthochitona rhodea (Pilsbry, 1893) Acanthochitona roseojugum Lyons, 1988 Acanthochitona rubrolineata (Lischke, 1873) Acanthochitona saundersi Gowlett & Zeidler, 1987 Acanthochitona scutigera (A. Adams & Reeve MS, Reeve, 1847) Acanthochitona shaskyi Ferreira, 1987 Acanthochitona shirleyi Ashby, 1922 Acanthochitona sibogae (Thiele, 1909) Acanthochitona subrubicunda Leloup, 1941 Acanthochitona sueurii (de Blainville, 1825) Acanthochitona terezae Guerra Júnior, 1983 Acanthochitona thackwayi Ashby, 1924 Acanthochitona thileniusi Lyons, 1988 Acanthochitona variegata (Nierstrasz, 1906) Acanthochitona venezuelana Lyons, 1988 Acanthochitona viridis (Pease, 1872) Acanthochitona woodwardi Kaas & Van Belle, 1988 Acanthochitona worsfoldi Lyons, 1988 Acanthochitona zebra Lyons, 1988 Acanthochitona zelandica (Quoy and Gaimard, 1835)