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Chiton bowenii   King & Broderip, 1832

Pretty sea cradle

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Chile country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Häussermann, V. and G. Försterra, 2009
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: This species is probably endemic to Chile. It is known from Puerto Montt to Peninsula Taitao and Golfo de Penas to southern Strait of Magellan (Ref. 87801).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ci.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Häussermann, V. and G. Försterra, 2009
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Chitón guapo, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Chitonida () > Chitonidae ()

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

; rango de profundidad 0 - 33 m (Ref. 87801).   Subtropical

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Introducciones

Southeast Pacific: Probably endemic to Chile.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

It is found on rocks, often in the coralline red algae zone, from intertidal areas to 33 meters in depth (Ref. 87801).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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 Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Rosenberg, G. 2009. (Ref. 83435)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses


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componentes alimenticios
Nombres comunes
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Madurez
Puesta
Fecundidad
Huevos
Egg development
Age/Size
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Length-weight
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Morfología
Larva
Abundancia
Referencias
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Fuentes de Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Árbol de la vida | Wikipedia (Go, búsqueda) | Expediente Zoológico

Estimates based on models

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.