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Image of Acanthopleura gemmata (Blainville 1825)
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Acanthopleura gemmata (Blainville 1825)

Description

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Similar to A. brevispinosa but with shorter spicules and a brown girdle with lighter bands. Habitat: upper littoral rocks and cliffs. Distribution: Indo-Pacific (Richmond, 1997).
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bibliographic citation
Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245.
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