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Leptochiton rugatusPhoto by M.J. AdamsWhidbey Island, WA, USA
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Moss Beach, California, United States
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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One of the prettiest of the chitons, in my opinion. You have to search for this one but if you look in the right places, you will enjoy the colors seen. Your camera will pick up on the colors more than seeing it in person. It feeds primarily on pink coralline algae. Its main enemies are the purple sea star (Pisaster ochraceus). The color is known to be modified by diet as they are pinker when eating corraline algae and greenish when feasting on diatoms. ID from Intertidal Invertebrates of the Monterey Bay Area by Marlin Harms.
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Judging from the relatively low mechanism of impact, I'm sure they'll just exchange insurance information and move on.Fuzzy ChitonAcanthopleura granulataScout Key Monroe County Florida, USAOlympus OM-D E-M5 Mark IIOlympus 14-42mm II R LensPT-EP13 Underwater Housing, PPZR-EP02 Lens Port & 14-42mm Zoom Gear20 September 2019
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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1998 California Academy of Sciences
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1999 California Academy of Sciences
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1999 California Academy of Sciences
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1999 California Academy of Sciences
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2014 California Academy of Sciences
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2011 California Academy of Sciences
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Very rare species, not observated in 10 years old.
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2005 California Academy of Sciences
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The chitons' eight plates differentiate them from all other molluscs. These omnivores spawn grey-green eggs, and fertilization occurs externally. Miniature adults form by sixteenth day.
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2006 California Academy of Sciences
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These chitons are omnivorous. This individual could well have been feeding on the adjacent bryozoan.
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2005 California Academy of Sciences
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Herbivore found on crustose and erect coralline algae, its major food and the source of its pigment. 15 mm long, 10 m deep. Its scraping organ, the radula, contains magnetite, hard enough to scrape the corallines. The chitons are broadcast spawners with external fertilization.
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2016 California Academy of Sciences
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