Polyplacophora |
Chitonida |
Chitonidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 4 m (Ref. 292). Tropical
Western Central Atlantic.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 7.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 281)
Central areas: Margins have six to eleven very short, wavy ribs. Lateral areas: Three or four strong ribs of rounded pustules. Girdle: Alternating pale stripes of grayish green and grayish white; Scaley (Ref. 281).
Minimum depth from Ref. 110502. Epibiotic (Ref. 110502). Rocky coasts and reefs, intertidal (Ref. 292). Found under stones and corals at 0 to 35 m depth (Ref. 2022).
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. 281)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 26.3 - 28.2, mean 27.5 (based on 394 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.