New Zealand Seashore

DSC_6609 Giant chiton, or haka hiwihiwi (Plaxiphora obtecta) small juvenile on the shell of a green-lipped mussel. A large chiton with reduced valves, and a broad, fat girdle. Open rock surfaces, on wave exposed coasts, sometimes associated with green-lipped mussels. Brighton Beach *

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DSC_6609 Giant chiton, or haka hiwihiwi (Plaxiphora obtecta) small juvenile on the shell of a green-lipped mussel. A large chiton with reduced valves, and a broad, fat girdle. Open rock surfaces, on wave exposed coasts, sometimes associated with green-lipped mussels. Brighton Beach *

DSC 6609 Giant chiton haka hiwihiwi Plaxiphora obtecta juvenile greenlipped mussel Brighton Beach