Americhiton andersoni Smooth Glass-hair Chiton

Americhiton andersoni is commonly referred to as Smooth Glass-hair Chiton. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

17380 

AphiaID:

419321 

Scientific:

Americhiton andersoni 

German:

Glatte Glas-Haar Käferschnecke 

English:

Smooth Glass-hair Chiton 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Polyplacophora (Class) > Chitonida (Order) > Acanthochitonidae (Family) > Americhiton (Genus) > andersoni (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Watters, ), 1981 

Occurrence:

Curacao, Panama, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago, USA 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

0 - 55 Meter 

Habitats:

Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Americhiton andersoni
  Glatte Glas-Haar Käferschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-04-18 20:06:07 

Last edit:

2025-04-18 20:17:52 

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