Mopalia cirrata   Berry, 1919


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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Polyplacophora | Chitonida | Mopaliidae

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

Benthic.  Temperate

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Pacific: Alaska, USA and Canada.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 296)

Short description Morphology

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).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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 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. 296)

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): 6.1 - 10.7, mean 8.7 (based on 257 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.