Mopalia lignosa   (Gould, 1846)

Woody chiton
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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.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 7.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 296)

Short description Morphology

Girdle: Medium wide covered with thick recurved bristles. Mucro: Slightly posterior and depressed. Sculpturing of the central area of valves and jugum: Radiated pitting which is finer at dorsal and gets larger towards the girdle. Lateral area: Flat and granular and appears nearly smooth; It is definable by a slightly raised rib. Color of the valves: Slate blue streaked with dark brown. Color of the girdle: Cream (Ref. 296).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum Total Length: 7.6 m. Depth: Intertidal (Ref. 290). Habitat: Sides or bottoms of large boulders on open coast (Ref. 315). Occurs on the sides or bottoms of large boulders in the open coast (Ref. 315); mid to low tide zones from Alaska to Point Concepcion (Ref. 312). Herbivorous, preferring diatoms and green alga, e.g., sea lettuce Ulva sp. (Ref. 312).

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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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.