From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
| Class
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Polyplacophora +
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| Common name is
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Blue-lined chiton +
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| Documentation requested
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false +
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| Family
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Tonicellidae +
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| Genus
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Tonicella +
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| Order
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Chitonida +
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| Phylum
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Mollusca +
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| Scientific name is
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Tonicella undocaerulea +
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| SpecificEpithet
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undocaerulea +
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| Summary
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This beautiful species has unique blue wav … This beautiful species has unique blue waves on the dorsal plates. Unlike ''[[Tonicella lineata]]'', this species tends to be orange or pink, and usually has blue lines on all its plates. To be more certain of your identification, look closely at the head plate: ''T. lineata'' almost always has the concentric lines on the headplate bordered by dark brown lines, while in ''T. undocaerulea'' they are not. Also, the lines on the headplate of ''T. undocaerulea'' are strongly zigzagged, this is uncommon in ''T. lineata''.agged, this is uncommon in ''T. lineata''. +
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| TaxonRank
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species +
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| TaxonRemarks
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According the Boris Sirenko, the author of the species, T. undocaerulea in the Eastern Pacific may not be the same as the ones from the Western Pacific (type locality) +
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| Categories |
Marine Invertebrate +
, Species +
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| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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25 July 2013 10:02:41 +
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| Has subobjectThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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