New Zealand Seashore

DSC_5646 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 *

DSC5646Zigzag chitonPlaxiphoracaelatanarrowcrypticBrighton Beach