Season 1, Episode XVIII- The Gumboot Chiton Part 1

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Photo of a Gumboot Chiton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gumboot_chiton

This photo really shows the gummy texture of the chiton as well as the defined 8 hinged plates along its back. 

 

Sources: 

https://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2013/407072/fig1/

https://science.jrank.org/pages/1427/Chitons.html

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29683195/

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-13215-0

https://www.earthlife.net/inverts/polyplacophora-chitons.html

https://www.centralcoastbiodiversity.org/giant-pacific-chiton-bull-cryptochiton-stelleri.html