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Black Leather Chiton (Katharina tunicata)Observer
loriellenDescription
I think it's a baby K. tunicata?
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Genus IschnochitonObserver
laurareginaacDescription
<6 mm
recolectado (s) por el LIB del ICML-UNAM (Laboratorio de Invertebrados Bentónicos de la Unidad Académica Mazatlán del Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
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Veiled Chitons (Genus Placiphorella)Observer
zouyifanDate
Missing DatePlace
Missing LocationDescription
A speciment from Southern Australia. 43mm
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Genus AcanthochitonaObserver
neilmcdanielDescription
Reaches 8 cm long. Common at the head of Ladysmith Harbour but not elsewhere on the BC coast. This is believed to be an undescribed species.
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Hanley's Mail-Shell (Hanleya hanleyi)Observer
claudenDescription
Rare chiton from 247 m depth, seen on a DFO Quebec Region trawl survey in the Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence.
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Concealed Chiton (Amicula vestita)Observer
claudenDescription
Chiton on a scallop shell, seen on a DFO Quebec Region coastal survey.
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Veiled Chiton (Placiphorella velata)Observer
arheyman01Description
Juvenile I think
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Zigzag Chiton (Plaxiphora caelata)Observer
wild_windDescription
Attached to stranded sea weed.
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Bull Kelp Chiton (Plaxiphora egregia)Observer
tony_willsDescription
A chiton that was hiding in the base of a dislodged seaweed holdfast (see /observations/4153069 for the seaweed). I broke the holdfast open to reveal two chitons, one quite small.
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Vitrinella oldroydiObserver
alex_bairstowDescription
On girdle of S. conspicua
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Genus CraspedochitonObserver
ratelsDescription
Craspedochiton umgaziana (Koch 1951)
Koch, H.J. (1951) A new chiton from South Africa. Proceedings
of the Malacological Society of London 28: 211–212, pls 23–25.
Schwabe. E. & Els.R. 2019. The genus Craspedochiton (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Acanthochitonidae) in South African waters: what do we really know about it? Archiv für Molluskenkunde Vol 148p 73-92.
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Blue Green Chiton (Chiton glaucus)Observer
emily_rDescription
A green chiton attached to a half crab. We observed this alien looking commensal beast while undertaking an intertidal survey on the reefs off Hawera. It made us jump when we first turned over the rock.
