09 Leptochiton scabridus

09 Leptochiton scabridus

Length 4.1 mm. The perinotum (dorsal surface) of the girdle is yellowish-white. Sometimes it is stained brown, but there is no recognisable colour-pattern. It has densely packed, squarish scales (1) with rounded corners.
The peripheral margin of the girdle has a dense fringe of yellowish spicules (2) projecting from the hyponotum, and a row of more widely spaced, longer, white spicules (3) projecting from the perinotum.
Dorset, England. February 2018. Leg. S. Trewhella.