Katharina tunicata   (Wood, 1815)

Black katy

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Katharina tunicata  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

| Chitonida | Mopaliidae

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

; tiefenbereich 0 - 40 m (Ref. 290).  Temperate

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Eastern Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Gewicht / Alter

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 13.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 290)

Kurzbeschreibung Morphologie

Girdle: Black leathery covering almost the entire dorsal area. Dorsal ridge area of each valve: small portion; left exposed (Ref. 296).

Biologie     Fachlexikon (Englisch) (z.B. epibenthic)

Surf-zone to 40 m. Usually found on stony or rocky bottoms (Ref. 290); in the middle intertidal zone from Alaska to Point Conception; North of Santa Barbara; also on rocky shore with heavy wave action (Ref. 312). Herbivorous, feeding primarily on red and green algae and benthic diatoms (Ref. 312).

Life cycle and mating behavior Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fecundity | Larven

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.

Hauptreferenz Referenzen | Koordinator | Partner

Burghardt, G. and L. Burghardt. 2006. (Ref. 296)

IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435)

  Nicht untersucht 

CITES Status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

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Nutzung durch Menschen


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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 6.1 - 10.9, mean 8.9 (based on 94 cells).
Verwundbarkeit (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Preiskategorie (Ref. 80766): Unknown.