• Name:

    Fuzzy Chiton

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  • Family: Chitonidae
  • Species: Chiton
  • Scientific Name: Acanthopleura granulata
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Also Know As:

| West Indian Fuzzy Chiton

| Curbs

| Sea Cradles

General info about Fuzzy Chiton

The Fuzzy Chiton has 8 interlocking plates surrounded by an exterior ring the are normally brown and grow to 3 inches in length (8 cm). They commonly have algae growing all over the outer shell making them look like they are fuzzy. On live rock, they can be hard to find.

Fuzzy Chiton Origin

they are commonly found throughout the Caribbean.

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Fuzzy Chiton Chiton Chitonidae Acanthopleura granulata The Fuzzy Chiton has 8 interlocking plates surrounded by an exterior ring the are normally brown and grow to 3 inches in length (8 cm). They commonly have algae growing all over the outer shell making them look like they are fuzzy. On live rock, they can be hard to find. PalaciosAn

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