Dorsal Plates (3030474427)
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Description: All chitons have 8 dorsal plates. The gum boot chiton has its dorsal plates hidden under its outer reddish rough leathery surface. Date: 12 November 2008, 14:39. Source: Dorsal Plates. Author: Jerry Kirkhart from Los Osos, Calif.
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- Life (creatures)
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Spiralia (spiralians)
- Mollusca (molluscs)
- Polyplacophora (chitons)
- Neoloricata
- Chitonida
- Acanthochitonina
- Cryptoplacoidea
- Acanthochitonidae (black chitons)
- Cryptochitoninae
- Cryptochiton
- Cryptochiton stelleri (giant Pacific chiton)
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