Stenoplax petaloides   (Gould, 1846)

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

Polyplacophora | Chitonida | Ischnochitonidae

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

Benthic.  Tropical; 25°N - 18°N, 170°W - 154°W

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Central Pacific: Hawaiian Islands.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.8 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 283)

Short description Morphology

Body elongate, oval in shape; moderately elevated. Valve whitish to very light beige with a pattern of dark streaks, splotches of orange-red and scattered, round, bright, ultramarine spots; sometimes completely white or bluish-black, bluish-black with a white stripe along the dorsal or have a zebra stripe pattern of alternating pinkish and reddish-brown bands. Girdle moderate wide; whitish in color, irregularly blotched with light to dark green, covered with small, overlapping scales.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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. 283)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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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.