Chama macerophylla, Leafy jewelbox
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Chama macerophylla   Gmelin, 1791

Leafy jewelbox

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Chama macerophylla  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classificatie / Namen Lokale namen | Synoniemen | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Venerida | Chamidae

Milieu: milieu / Klimaatzone / Diepte / verspreidingsgebied Ecologie

Benthic; diepte 0 - 525 m (Ref. 83435).  Tropical

Verspreiding Territories | FAO regio's | Ecosystemen | Voorkomen | Introducties

Western Atlantic: North America and Caribbean. Introduced in Easter Central Pacific.

Lengte bij maturiteit / Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd

Maturiteit: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 10.0 cm WD mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. )

Korte beschrijving Morfologie

Brightly colored, heavy shelled bivalve with long, ribbed, leafy projections in radiating rows. Commonly yellow or orange, although some are pinkish. Inside is white. Highly variable in form, lower valve conforms to the shape of the substrate, upper valve usually becomes worn and looses color and sculpture.

Biologie     Verklarende woordenlijst (bv. epibenthisch)

Lives fixed to the substrate, with lower valve cemented in place (Ref. 3248). In Belize, it was found in a submarine cave near Columbus Cay (Ref. 87209).

Levenscyclus en paargedrag Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven

Members of the class Bivalvia are mostly gonochoric, some are protandric hermaphrodites. Life cycle: Embryos develop into free-swimming trocophore larvae, succeeded by the bivalve veliger, resembling a miniature clam.

Hoofdreferentie Referenties | Coördinator | Medewerkers

DeFelice, R.C., L.G. Eldredge and J.T. Carlton 2001 Nonindigenous marine invertebrates. p. B-i-B-60. In Eldredge, G.L. and C.M. Smith. A Guidebook of Marine Species in Hawaii. Bishop Museum Technical Report 21. (Ref. 3248)

Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

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Gebruik door de mens


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Trofische ecologie
Voedsel (prooien)
Dieetsamenstelling
Voedselconsumptie
Predatoren
Ecologie
Populatiedynamica
Groei
Max. leeftijden / maten
Lengte-gewicht rel.
Lengte-lengte rel.
Lengtefrequenties
Massaconversie
Abundantie
Levenscyclus
Voortplanting
Maturiteit
Fecunditeit
Paaien
Eieren
Ontwikkeling van de eieren
Larven
Fysiologie
Zuurstofverbruik
Menselijk gerelateerd
Postzegels, munten, diversen.
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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO - Publication: search | Fishipedia | GenBank (genoom, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (ga naar, zoek) | Zoological Record

Schattingen op basis van modellen

Kwetsbaarheid van de visserij
(Ref. 71543)
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Prijsklasse
(Ref. 80766):
Unknown.