Mopalia ciliata; Mossy Chiton; <small>(shown with Coralline alga, polychaete dodecaceria fewkesi, clam siphons)</small>

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Mopalia ciliata; Mossy Chiton; (shown with Coralline alga, polychaete dodecaceria fewkesi, clam siphons)

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Mopalia ciliata
Mossy Chiton
(shown with Coralline alga, polychaete dodecaceria fewkesi, clam siphons)

Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 0000 0000 0305 0307 (2005-03-12)

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date of photo Jun 1985

latitude 36.81856 longitude -121.79270 max error distance 26012 meters View on Google Maps.

horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984

georeferencing source GeoLocate

location Monterey Bay (Monterey County, California, US)

family Mopaliidae

order Neoloricata

class Polyplacophora

habitat Subtidal

notes 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.

camera Nikon in Oceanic Housing

photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

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common names Mossy Chiton (photographer)

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