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Family: Mopaliidae



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43 species (see list below)
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Amicula amiculata
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Amicula pallasii
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Miller, Todd

Northeast Pacific, Atlant
Max. Length 6 cm TL
Amicula vestita(Broderip & Sowerby I, 1829)

Photo by Miller, Todd
 
Amicula vestita
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Max. Length 13 cm TL
 
Katharina tunicata
[Black katy]
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Max. Length 3.2 cm TL
 
Mopalia acuta
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Max. Length 5.1 cm TL
 
Mopalia ciliata
[Hairy chiton]
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Max. Length 1.6 cm TL
 
Mopalia cirrata
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Mopalia egretta
[Egret-plumped mopalia]
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Max. Length 5.1 cm TL
 
Mopalia ferreirai
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Mopalia hindsii
[Hind's Mopalia]
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Mopalia imporcata
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Mopalia kennerleyi
[Northern hairy chiton]
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Mopalia laevior
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Max. Length 7.6 cm TL
 
Mopalia lignosa
[Woody chiton]
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Mopalia lowei
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Max. Length 8.9 cm TL
 
Mopalia muscosa
[Mossy chiton]
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Mopalia phorminx
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Mopalia porifera
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Mopalia recurvans
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Mopalia sinuata
[Dwarf hairy mopalia]
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Max. Length 5.7 cm TL
 
Mopalia spectabilis
[Red-flecked mopalia]
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Max. Length 5.1 cm TL
 
Mopalia swanii
[Swan's mopalia]
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Mopalia vespertina
[Smooth mopalia]

Arntz, Wolf E.

Antarctic

Nuttallochiton mirandus(Smith & Thiele, 1906)

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Nuttallochiton mirandus
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Max. Length 3.8 cm TL
 
Placiphorella atlantica
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Max. Length 3.5 cm TL
 
Placiphorella borealis
[Boreal veiled chiton]
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Placiphorella mirabilis
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Placiphorella rufa
[Red veiled chiton]
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Max. Length 2.5 cm TL
 
Placiphorella stimpsoni
[Veiled chiton]
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Max. Length 5.8 cm TL
 
Placiphorella velata
[Veiled Pacific chiton]
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Plaxiphora albida
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Max. Length 8.6 cm DL
 
Plaxiphora aurata
[Camouflaged spiny sea cradle]
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Plaxiphora australis
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Plaxiphora biramosa
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Plaxiphora boydeni
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Plaxiphora caelata
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Plaxiphora egregia
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Plaxiphora fernandezi
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Plaxiphora gwenae
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Plaxiphora kamehamehae
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Max. Length 5.5 cm SHL
 
Plaxiphora mercatoris
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Plaxiphora murdochi
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Plaxiphora obtecta
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