Chaetopleura apiculata   (Say, 1830)

Eastern beaded chiton

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Polyplacophora | Callochitonida | Callochitonidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 0 - 37 m (Ref. 289).  Temperate

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Atlantic: USA and Colombia.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.9 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 281)

Short description Morphology

Valves: Slightly carinate. Lateral areas: Distinctly defined, raised, and bear numerous, larger, more distantly spaced beads which may or may not be present on the dorsal region. Central areas: Fifteen to twenty longitudinal rows of raised, neat beads. Girdle: Narrow; mottled cream; brown in color; microscopically granulose and has sparsely scattered transparent short hairs. Valves: Northern part, buff to ashen in color; West coast of Florida, vary from light-gray, mauve, yellow to white (Ref. 281).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum depth from Ref. 110502. Epibiotic (Ref. 110502). Subtidal (Ref. 289); coral rubble bottoms (Ref. 2022, page 121).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

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.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Burghardt, G. and L. Burghardt. 2006. (Ref. 281)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 11 - 28.1, mean 24.3 (based on 717 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.