Cyanoplax keepiana, also known as Keep's chiton, is a species of chiton native to the Pacific coast of North America.[1] 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".[2] 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,[3] and the Revillagigedo Islands of Mexico.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Polyplacophora |
| Order: | Chitonida |
| Family: | Lepidochitonidae |
| Genus: | Cyanoplax |
| Species: | C. keepiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyanoplax keepiana S.S. Berry, 1948
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Lepidochitona keepiana | |
This species was described to science by S. Stillman Berry in 1948.[5]
References edit
- ^ "Cyanoplax keepiana (Keep's Chiton)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
- ^ "Southern California Species: Chitons". Cabrillo Marine Aquarium. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
- ^ Light, Sol Felty (2007). The Light and Smith Manual: Intertidal Invertebrates from Central California to Oregon. University of California Press. p. 711. ISBN 978-0-520-23939-5.
- ^ Sept, J. Duane (2023-07-29). The New Beachcomber's Guide to Seashore Life of California: Completely Revised and Expanded. Harbour Publishing. ISBN 978-1-990776-08-3.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Cyanoplax keepiana (S. S. Berry, 1948). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=386417 on 2024-03-28
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