P_100013 Red girdle chiton (Plaxiphora biramosa) in shallow water at low tide. A large, elongate and flat chiton of open rock surfaces, on wave exposed coasts. Harrington Point, Otago Harbour
DSC_4902 Zigzag chiton (Plaxiphora caelata) small, narrow and cryptic with a wide girdle that is narrower on the ends. Hides around the holdfast of foliose algae on open rock surfaces on wave-exposed shores. Brighton Beach *
DSC_5007 Zigzag chiton (Plaxiphora caelata) small, narrow and cryptic with a wide girdle that is narrower on the ends. Hides around the holdfast of foliose algae on open rock surfaces on wave-exposed shores. Brighton Beach *