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Chitonida |
Mopaliidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ekologi
. Temperate
Eastern Pacific: Alaska, USA and Canada.
Length at first maturity / Size / Vikt / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.6 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 296)
Girdle: Medium wide sandy with a single long slender hair coming from each sutural pore. Mucro: Slightly elevated and posterior. Central areas: Slightly curved longitudinal ribs interspaced with finer cross riblets forming a net-like pattern. Lateral areas are highly defined by a row of pustules; beaded areas; it has a posterior ridge of pustules. Color: Gray with blue suffusion or soiled buff with brown suffusion. Color of the girdle: Buff (Ref. 296).
Subtidal; lives on the sides of rocks in areas of strongly moving water, such as tidal channels or surf zones, below the lowest low tide level (Ref. 290). Occurs at the low tide mark.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fecundity | Larver
Members of the class Polyplacophora are mostly gonochoric. Life cycle: Eggs hatch into lecitotrophic planktonic trocophore larvae (no veliger stage) which later metamorphose and settle on the bottom as young adults.
Burghardt, G. and L. Burghardt. 2006. (Ref. 296)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Verktyg
Ytterligare information
Age/SizeTillväxtLength-weightLength-lengthMorfologiLarverAbundans
Internet-källor
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 6.1 - 10.7, mean 8.7 (based on 257 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
