New Zealand Seashore

DSC_5359 Bull kelp chiton (Plaxiphora egregia) distinctive mid-sized, squat chiton, oval to almost round in shape. Hides inside the holdfasts of bull kelp on wave-exposed rocky shores. Brighton Beach

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