21 Acanthochitona fascicularis

21 Acanthochitona fascicularis

Length 26 mm. Dorset, England. April 2017.
The perinotum (dorsal surface of the girdle) is covered by a tough cuticle bearing abundant 0.5 mm long, erect, translucent colourless and/or black spicules and smaller, denser, usually brownish, spicules, length 0.01- 0.015 mm, that form a felt-like cover.
1: mainly colourless spicules with a few black ones, about 0.5mm long.

KEY ID FEATURES : 01 Acanthochitona fascicularis