Polyplacophora |
Callochitonida |
Callochitonidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 37 m (Ref. 289). Temperate
Western Atlantic: USA and Colombia.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.9 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 281)
Valves: Slightly carinate. Lateral areas: Distinctly defined, raised, and bear numerous, larger, more distantly spaced beads which may or may not be present on the dorsal region. Central areas: Fifteen to twenty longitudinal rows of raised, neat beads. Girdle: Narrow; mottled cream; brown in color; microscopically granulose and has sparsely scattered transparent short hairs. Valves: Northern part, buff to ashen in color; West coast of Florida, vary from light-gray, mauve, yellow to white (Ref. 281).
Maximum depth from Ref. 110502. Epibiotic (Ref. 110502). Subtidal (Ref. 289); coral rubble bottoms (Ref. 2022, page 121).
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
Harmless
Human uses
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Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 11 - 28.1, mean 24.3 (based on 717 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.