Marine Invertebrates
Sea Shells, Sea Slugs, Octopuses & allies (Mollusca)
Chitons (Polyplacophora)

Chitons (Polyplacophora)

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Chitons (Polyplacophora)

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Jennyncmg wrote:
27 Jan 2025
Great photo and so lucky to see the markings on the shell plates so clearly.
Sypharochiton pelliserpentis
Jennyncmg wrote:
2 Dec 2024
My suggestions for the chitons are far from certain especially when the shell plates are so overgrown with an algal film.
Sypharochiton pelliserpentis
Jennyncmg wrote:
2 Oct 2024
Possibly Sypharochiton pelliserpentis but hard to see shell markings
Chiton sp.
Jennyncmg wrote:
29 Apr 2024
Sorry, The detail is not good enough for me to identify the chiton
Plaxiphora albida
Jennyncmg wrote:
20 Mar 2024
Yes, I agree it is more like Plaxiphora albida.
Plaxiphora albida

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