Polyplacophora |
Chitonida |
Ischnochitonidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic. Subtropical
Eastern Central Pacific: USA and Mexico.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 7.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 296); common length : 5.7 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 313)
Habitat: Middle and low Intertidal (Ref. 289 and 315); under stone in sand; rocky shores (Ref. 313); lives under rocks on open coast, especially rocks partly embedded in sand or gravel (Ref. 315).
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.
Burghardt, G. and L. Burghardt. 2006. (Ref. 296)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Age/Size
Growth
Length-weight
Length-length
Morphology
Larvae
Abundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 12.7 - 19.1, mean 16.4 (based on 56 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.