Polyplacophora | 
Chitonida | 
Mopaliidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range				
				
					Ekologi				
				
			
			
				.  Temperate			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Eastern Pacific:  Alaska, USA and Canada.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.6 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 296)			
			
			
							
				
				
					
						Girdle:  Medium wide sandy with a single long slender hair coming from each sutural pore.  Mucro:  Slightly elevated and posterior.  Central areas:  Slightly curved longitudinal ribs interspaced with finer cross riblets forming a net-like pattern.  Lateral areas are highly defined by a row of pustules;  beaded areas; it has a posterior ridge of pustules.  Color:  Gray with blue suffusion or soiled buff with brown suffusion.   Color of the girdle:  Buff (Ref. 296).					
				
				
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Subtidal; lives on the sides of rocks in areas of strongly moving water, such as tidal channels or surf zones, below the lowest low tide level (Ref. 290).  Occurs at the low tide mark.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | 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 West Coast Chitons. A Gallery of Worlwide Chitons: http://home.inreach.com/burghart/wcoast.html[accessed20/01/06] (Ref. 296)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Human uses  
			
			
							
			
			
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					Ytterligare information				
				
					 Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Födosammansättning
Födointag
Predatorer
  Population dynamicsTillväxt
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundans
  PhysiologySyreförbrukning
  Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
  				 
			 
			
			
			
				Internet-källor
			
			
			
			
			
				Estimates based on models
			
			
			
									
						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 6.1 - 10.7, mean 8.7 (based on 257 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (10 of 100).					
				
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.