Calloplax janeirensis   (Gray, 1828)


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 - 100 m (Ref. 2022).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Atlantic: USA, Brazil and the West Indies.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

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

Short description Morphology

Body: Oblong. Valves: Colored gray to greenish brown, or speckled with red; strongly sculptured. Lateral areas: Strongly elevated by 3 or 4 very coarse large, beaded ribs. Jugal tract: Longitudinal rows of fine beads. Central areas: Twelve very sharp, granulose, longitudinal ribs. Girdle: Very fine scales and an occasional single hair (Ref. 281).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Under rocks, is not rare in coralline reefs, biótopo of Porites (Ref. 292); intertidal and sublittoral, under stones (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

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.2 - 28, mean 27.1 (based on 158 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.