Cyanoplax keepiana, also known as Keep's chiton, is a species of chiton native to the Pacific coast of North America. According to the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium in San Pedro, Keep's chiton has "brilliant blue markings on its plates that can only be appreciated with a hand lens". These small chitons, less than an inch long (18 mm), are usually found in fairly warm water in sandy or rocky tide pools located between Cayucos, California, and the Revillagigedo Islands of Mexico.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Keep's Chiton being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Lepidozona pectinulata
- Ischnochiton comptus
- Lepidochitona cinerea
- Ischnochiton striolatus
- Ischnochiton muscarius
- Cyanoplax dentiens
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Polyplacophora
- Order
- Chitonida
- Family
- Tonicellidae
- Genus
- Cyanoplax
- Species
- Cyanoplax keepiana
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