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Acanthopleura spinosa   Bruguière, 1792

Spinose chiton

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Acanthopleura spinosa  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Papua New Guinea 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 New Guinea region.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/pp.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.spc.org.nc/coastfish/Countries/PNG/png.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Nierstrasz, H.F., 1950
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Spiny chiton, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Chitonida () > Chitonidae ()

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

.   Tropical; 22°S - 27°N, 117°E - 169°E

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

Indo-West Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 9.0 cm BL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 83505)

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Maximum length is based on data from Australia (Ref. 83505). Seeks shelter within crevices during low tide (Ref. 101383). Associated with Saccostrea cucculata (Ref. 2919).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

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 Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Schwabe, E. 2006. (Ref. 2030)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

Human uses

Pesca: commerciale
| FishSource | Sea Around Us

Strumenti

E-book | Giuda pratica

Informazioni ulteriori

Stati
Aree FAO
Ecosystems
Presenze
Introduzioni
Stocks
Ecologia
Dieta
Prede
Nomi Comuni
Sinonimi
Predatori
Riproduzione
Maturità
Deposizione
Fecundity
Uova
Egg development
Age/Size
Accrescimento
Length-weight
Length-length
Morfologia
Larve
Abbondanza
Bibliografia
Mass conversion
Collaboratori
Immagini

Fonti Internet

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

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 27.8 - 29.2, mean 28.6 (based on 910 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.