DSC_1526 Bull kelp chiton (Plaxiphora egregia), and Etched chiton (Ornithochiton neglectus), exposed in their hiding places on the underside of bull kelp holdfast, which has been washed ashore on a wave-exposed rocky shore. Brighton Beach
DSC_6701 Giant chiton, or haka hiwihiwi (Plaxiphora obtecta) a large chiton with reduced valves, and a very broad, fat girdle. Open rock surfaces, on wave exposed coasts, sometimes associated with green-lipped mussels. Brighton Beach
DSC_6694 Giant chiton, or haka hiwihiwi (Plaxiphora obtecta) a large chiton with reduced valves, and a very broad, fat girdle. Open rock surfaces, on wave exposed coasts, sometimes associated with green-lipped mussels. Brighton Beach *
