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Greenish/brown mottled valves with a scaled, banded girdle. This is quite a large one!
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intertidal on a boulder
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Brief description of what you observed
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I can so see why this is called a snake criton. Living in a tidal rockpool.
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Living under a rock in a tidal gut.
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Found under a rock.
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Ok, I think I have this named right. The second photo has my gloved finger. Living in the tidal gut.
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Ok, I think I have this named right. The second photo has my gloved finger. Living in the tidal gut.
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I think this is a snakeskin chiton that had it's photo photobombed by the common triplefin. The second photo has the glove finger. Living in a tidal gut
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I think this is a snakeskin chiton that had it's photo photobombed by the common triplefin. The second photo has the glove finger. Living in a tidal gut
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Living in a tidal rock pool.
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Living in a tidal rock pool.
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In a shallow rock pool.
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The bright orange colours caught my attention. I think this is the snakeskin chiton.
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The bright orange colours caught my attention. I think this is the snakeskin chiton.
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Located in rocky inter-tidal zone.
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I assume this is a snake's skin chiton but what is going on here? Is this in breeding form, repairing it's armour or what?? That second second segment from the left is certainly not 'same old' stuff. This may be S. sinclairii X pelliserpentis. Both are similar S. sinclairii lacking longitudinal ridging as in this specimen, both have snakeskin skirt, both have been mooted as one variable sp, however only one form can be found in some stretches of coast. The reason it may be a hybrid is S sinclairii lacks the radial nodules evident on this specimen.