Acanthopleura granulata
Acanthopleura granulata, the West Indian fuzzy chiton, is a medium-sized tropical species.[1]
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It is common in the tropical western Atlantic. It is often not noticed: its color and texture are similar to the rocks on which it lives.
In the West Indies, these and other common intertidal chitons are known as "curb". The foot of the animal is eaten by people and is also used as bait for fishing.
This chiton occurs from southern Florida to Mexico, south to Panama, and in the West Indies.[2]
Acanthopleura Granulata Media
Acanthopleura granulata (Gmelin, 1791) - West Indian fuzzy chitons on exposed aragonitic limestone rock surface in the intertidal zone.*Chitons are bilaterally symmetrical, dorso-ventrally flattened molluscs having eight overlapping shells (valves) surrounded by a spicule-covered mantle girdle. Most chitons occupy very shallow marine, rocky shore environments, where they graze on benthic algae by scraping the substrate with a radula.*Classification: Animalia, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Neoloricata, Chitonidae Locality: rocky shoreline immediately east of "The Notch", eastern part of the southern margin of San Salvador Island, eastern Bahamas
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