Plaxiphora obtecta
Chiton, Giant
Haka hiwihiwi
Invertebrate
Mollusca
Polyplacophora
Mopaliidae
A large species with a dark green shell with paler stripe down the middle. The girdle is brown.
Found around NZ but most common on the North Island. Usually found in crevices and around the holdfasts of algae on exposed shorelines.
Grazer.
shorelines.
Coastal Marine Inverts Vol1 Photo Credit: Rod Morris. Photos available from www.rodmorris.co.nz