Colombia country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Tayrona at upper sublittoral, under stones and coral rubble 0.5 to 2 m in depth (Ref. 2022, p. 123).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/co.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Gracia, A.C., J.M. Diaz and N.E. Ardilla, 2005
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Glass-haired chiton, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Chitonida () > Acanthochitonidae ()

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

; profondeur 0 - 2 m (Ref. 2022). Tropical

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Central Atlantic: USA, Colombia and the West Indies.

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 3.8 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 281)

Description synthétique Morphologie

Maximum Total Length: 3.8 centimeters. Body: Elongated; has girdle that covers most of the valves. Valves: Have four clumps of long, glassy bristles near the anterior valve and one on each side of the other valves. Clumps: Set in cuplike collars of the girdle. Pustules: Tiny, round, sharply raised; covering end valves and lateral areas of middle valves. Dorsal longitudinal ridge: Raised, narrow, distinct and smoothish except for very fine pinpoints. Lower edge of the girdle: Dense fringe of brown or bluish bristles (Ref. 281).

Upper sublittoral, under stones and coral rubble (Ref. 2022, page 123).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

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.

Référence principale Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

Burghardt, G. and L. Burghardt. 2006. (Ref. 281)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Non évalué

statut CITES (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Utilisations par l'homme

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 23.8 - 28.3, mean 27.1 (based on 319 cells).

Vulnérabilité (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Acanthochitona spiculosa Reeve, 1847