Chama macerophylla, Leafy jewelbox

Chama macerophylla   Gmelin, 1791

Leafy jewelbox

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Venerida | Chamidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / εύρος βάθους / distribution range Οικολογία

; εύρος βάθους 0 - 525 m (Αναφ. 83435).  Tropical

Distribution Χώρες | Περιοχές FAO | Οικοσυστήματα | Παρουσίες | Εισαγωγές

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

Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Weight / Age

Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 10.0 cm WD αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Αναφ. )

Short description Μορφολογία

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.

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. epibenthic)

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).

Life cycle and mating behavior Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Eggs | Γονιμότητα | Larvae

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.

Main reference Αναφορές | Συντονιστής | Συνεργάτες

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. (Αναφ. 3248)

IUCN Red List Status (Αναφ. 130435: Version 2025-1)


CITES status (Αναφ. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Αναφ. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


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Θηρευτές
Οικολογία
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Life cycle
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Γονιμότητα
Γεννοβολία
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Egg development
Larvae
Physiology
Κατανάλωση οξυγόνου

Διαδικτυακές πηγές

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Δέντρο Ζωής | Wikipedia (Go, αναζήτηση) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 14.6 - 26.3, mean 20.7 (based on 160 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Αναφ. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Αναφ. 80766): Unknown.