Mopalia lignosa - The Woody Chiton?
Mopalia lignosa - The Woody Chiton?
Not a Woody Chiton
Your close but no cigar.
The Chronicler
How about a Mossy Chiton?
Kelly.
Tight Lines,
Kelly.
"There will be days when the fishing is better than one's most optimistic forecast, others when it is far worse. Either is a gain over just staying home."
Roderick Haig-Brown, "Fisherman's Spring"
Chiton
A chiton? the question is still the same for me, what is it?
lol
Mike
Work is something for people that don't fish.
Mopalia muscosa ( Mossy Chiton ).
That photo in LFs article:is of one that's been dead a while or very old and rolled smooth in the sand, so it's hard to tell...but this is what they look like when they are
alive.
the best give away is the shape of the segment... <<< or {{{ instead of the more common ||| or (((
Last edited by Mato Kuwapi; 11-11-2009 at 07:19 PM.
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You have to see the inside!
We'll get a new photo up for you, the inside shell of this creature is mother of pearl as most things of this type, but the color is sky blue! How amazing is that?
Wouldn't that make a nice reel seat on a blue blank?Originally Posted by LadyFisher
Kevin
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Chiton Questions
Mossy Chiton [Mopalia muscosa] is the correct answer.
For general information, the Chiton is anyone of several species of primitive sea animals having a body made up of eight separate plates, a girdle that may be scaly or bristly, and a large, flat muscular foot which allows the animal to adhere tightly to rocks.
The Mossy Chiton has a stiff, thick bristly girdle and is likely to have plants and animals growing on its plates. The Hariy Chiton [Mopalia lignosa] has rather soft hairs, is dull green or brown, and occasionall has yellow tinges on the plates.
The Chronicler
What is it?
Here's the inside:
When diving off monterey a few years ago, we found lots of the shell/skeletons of the big gumboots. Usually could find them all together in some hollow in the rocks. Really look cook put back together on a coffee table. unfortunately, I can't find the one I had.
I hear they taste a lot like abalone. The foot on the bottom of the Gumboot looks like the foot on an ab. I haven't tried them, just tried limpets, sushi stye...good!! Chewy, but Good!!
mao
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