Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

Caribbean Slender Chiton
Stenoplax purpurascens
Caribbean Slender Chiton
Category: Chitons
Scientific Name: Stenoplax purpurascens
Size: 1 to 2 in. (2 to 5 cm)  
Depth: 0-20 ft. (0-6 m)
Distribution: Caribbean
Mollusca (Phylum)
└Polyplacophora (Class)
 └Chitonida (Order)
  └Ischnochitonidae (Family)
   └Stenoplax (Genus)

Bivalves & Chitons
Chitons

Caribbean Slender Chiton

Fuzzy Chiton

Squamose Chiton

Chiton viridis



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