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Ischnochiton comptus
Ischnochiton comptus (Gould, 1859)
Fancy chiton
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Family:  Ischnochitonidae (chitons [narrow chitons])
Max. size:  2.54 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthic; marine
Distribution:  Western Pacific: Japan, south to the Philippines.
Diagnosis:  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.
Biology:  Found from intertidal to 50 m, on rocks and gravel (Ref. 75835). Also found under stones, just before Sargassum (Ref. 128661).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans:  harmless
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