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gumboot chiton
The gumboot chiton (''Cryptochiton stelleri'') also known as the giant western firey chiton, is the largest of the chitons, growing to and over . It is found along the shores of the northern Pacific Ocean from Central California to Alaska, across the Aleutian Islands to the Kamchatka Peninsula and south to Japan.〔Ricketts ''et al.'' p 105. Also (Cowles ).〕 It inhabits the lower intertidal and subtidal zones of rocky coastlines.
Chitons are molluscs which have eight armored plates (called valves) running in a flexible line down their back. Unlike most chitons, the gumboot's valves are completely hidden by its leathery upper skin or ''girdle'', which is usually reddish-brown, brown, and occasionally orange in color. The gumboot chiton's appearance has led some tidepoolers to fondly refer to it as the "wandering meatloaf."
== Names ==
The name "gumboot chiton" seems to derive from a resemblance to part of a rubber Wellington boot or "gum rubber" boot〔 p. 27.〕
The Latin name ''Cryptochiton stelleri'' means ''Steller's hidden chiton''. "Steller" is in honor of the 18th-century German zoologist Georg Wilhelm Steller, who first described many species of the northern Pacific seashore. "Hidden" or "concealed" refers to the fact that the eight shelly plates characteristic of chitons are not visible, being totally internal in this genus of chiton.〔(BioMEDIA's Gumboot Chiton page )〕 Many taxonomic names for chitons are based on the appearance of their plates or valves, and so it is most likely that the "hidden" portion of the name refers to the valves being completely obscured by the gumboot's girdle.〔This explanation is offered by Patricia Lichen's ''Brittle Stars & Mudbugs'' p. 102 (Sasquatch Books, 2001).〕
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