September 24, 2026•1 min read•from Marine Biology Subreddit

Unexpected Chiton Discovery in Puerto Rico Challenges Species Distribution Models

I thought it was a snakeskin chiton til I found out they don’t exist here. In the Caribbean/ Atlantic.

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