Overview
Hairy chiton
Plaxiphora caelata (Reeve 1847)
(= schauinslandi Thiele)
Description: Plates short, wide; all 8 plates visible; dorsal surface of girdle with long coarse hairs or setae. Girdle wider laterally than anteriorly or posteriorly. The valves are broad and wide. Shell plates may be overgrown with bryozoans.
Colour: Variable on differing substrates, dark blue black to brown with lighter markings
Size: up to 5 cm long.
Range and Habitat
Usually in shaded depressions or crevices or under rocks, often associated with crustose coralline algae
Depth: 0-20? m
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Taxonomy
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