| Ischnochitonidae (chitons [narrow chitons]) |
| 2.54 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
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benthic; marine |
| Western Pacific: Japan, south to the Philippines. |
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Valves broad; mostly light grayish brown; variously blotched with white, cream, pink, reddish chestnut or blackish brown; some specimens are olive colored mottled with white. Valve surface microgranulose, sculptured with numerous weak, glossy, radiating riblets. Girdle scaly and colored in alternating yellowish and grayish or brownish bands. |
| Found from intertidal to 50 m, on rocks and gravel (Ref. 75835). Also found under stones, just before Sargassum sp. (Ref. 128661). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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| harmless |
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