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Acanthopleura granulata   (Gmelin, 1791)

West Indian fuzzy chiton

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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United States (contiguous states) 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 south half of Florida (Ref. 281). C: Ref. 94138; O: Ref. 281, 83435.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Burghardt, G. and L. Burghardt, 2006
National Database:

Common names from other countries

West indian fuzzy chiton, ... more

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

> Chitonida () > Chitonidae ()

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

; profondeur 0 - 1 m (Ref. 83435).   Tropical

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Central Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 10.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 289)

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. epibenthic)

Maximum depth from Ref. 110502. Epibiotic (Ref. 110502). Intertidal; very common on open shore (Ref. 289); common in the zone between tides in the rocky coast, mainly on rocks of arenaceous; adheres with great force to rocks (Ref. 292); intertidal, spray zones of rocky shores (Ref. 2022, page 122).

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): 26.3 - 28.4, mean 27.3 (based on 199 cells).
Vulnérabilité (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): Unknown.