What Is This Creature? by photosynthesis
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We saw several of these on a beach near Brookings, Oregon. This is the underside - the other side was an orange color & was soft & fleshy. Some kind of mollusk, I assume, but haven't been able to identify it. Can anyone tell me what this is?
Comments (8)
I did not know what it is but it looks very interesting.
Very nice capture.
Possibly a gumboot chiton, Cryptochiton stelleri.
Thanks, after looking it up, I think you're right. We were thinking it might be a chiton, but all the images of chitons I found had segmented plates & the fleshy covering of this particular species covers those plates, which threw me off. This one & the others we saw on the beach that day were roughly 10 -12 inches long, which matches the description for this species.
How very exciting!
Very nice, abstract and creative , in the way you captured this puzzling but natural gift of Nature. A superb composition altogether !
interesting creature
What an interesting find.
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
Strange creature of Nature, superb photo!