Image: Acanthopleura granulata (West Indian fuzzy chitons) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 1 (16131898481)

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Description: Acanthopleura granulata (Gmelin, 1791) - West Indian fuzzy chitons on exposed aragonitic limestone rock surface in the intertidal zone. Chitons are bilaterally symmetrical, dorso-ventrally flattened molluscs having eight overlapping shells (valves) surrounded by a spicule-covered mantle girdle. Most chitons occupy very shallow marine, rocky shore environments, where they graze on benthic algae by scraping the substrate with a radula. Classification: Animalia, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Neoloricata, Chitonidae Locality: rocky shoreline immediately east of "The Notch", eastern part of the southern margin of San Salvador Island, eastern Bahamas
Title: Acanthopleura granulata (West Indian fuzzy chitons) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 1 (16131898481)
Credit: Acanthopleura granulata (West Indian fuzzy chitons) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 1
Author: James St. John
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