Species Guide — Subclass

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Neoloricata

Every species recorded at or below this subclass.
Animalia › Mollusca › Polyplacophora

12 species documented

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Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Contracted Chiton

Ischnochiton contractus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Corroded Ischnochiton

Ischnochiton cariosus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Elongate Chiton

Ischnochiton elongatus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Ischnochiton smaragdinus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Plaxiphora albida

A Chiton on a rock underwater

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Pigmented chiton

Ischnochiton lentiginosus

A reddish brown chiton with four white bands on a rock underwater

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Snakeskin Chiton

Sypharochiton pelliserpentis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Southern Chiton

Ischnochiton australis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Striate Leathery Chiton

Cryptoplax striata

A yellowish chiton on a rock underwater

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Three-ribbed chiton

Rhyssoplax tricostalis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Ischnochiton torri

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Hermit crab in a shell underwater

A small hermit crab species this guy is under 10mm in size

A small brown and white crab underwater

Three-Pronged Spider Crab Halicarcinus ovatus

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A sea-slug on a rock underwater

Macleay’s sea-slug (Baeolidia macleayi)

Macleay’s sea-slug (Baeolidia macleayi)<br><br> https://tomahawk.org.au/flora-fauna/view-species/baeolidia-macleayi

A marine flatworm on a rock underwater

Carpet Flatworm (Thysanozoon brocchii)

Carpet Flatworm (Thysanozoon brocchii) <br><br> https://tomahawk.org.au/flora-fauna/view-species/thysanozoon-brocchii