New Zealand Seashore

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

DSC1526BullkelpchitonPlaxiphoraegregiaEtchedOrnithochitonneglectusholdfastBrighton Beach