Animalia > Mollusca > Polyplacophora > Chitonida > Acanthochitonidae > Acanthochitona > Acanthochitona pygmaea

Acanthochitona pygmaea (striate glass-hair chiton; Dwarf Glass-haired Chiton)

Synonyms: Acanthochites pygmaeus

Ecosystems

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Rallus longirostris (Mangrove Rail)9

Predators

Haemulon flavolineatum (Yellow grunt)[2]
Holocentrus rufus (Wrenchman)[2]
Mulloidichthys martinicus (Yellow goatfish)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Cirtwill, Alyssa R.; Eklöf, Anna (2018), Data from: Feeding environment and other traits shape species' roles in marine food webs, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.1mv20r6
♦ 2Food Habits of Reef Fishes of the West Indies, John E. Randall, Stud. Trop. Oceanogr. 5, 665–847 (1967)
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0