Cyanoplax keepiana
Species of North American chiton
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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]
| Cyanoplax keepiana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Polyplacophora |
| Order: | Chitonida |
| Family: | Lepidochitonidae |
| Genus: | Cyanoplax |
| Species: | C. keepiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyanoplax keepiana S.S. Berry, 1948 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Lepidochitona keepiana | |
This species was described to science by S. Stillman Berry in 1948.[5]
