Polyplacophora | 
Chitonida | 
Mopaliidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / εύρος βάθους / distribution range				
				
					Οικολογία				
				
			
			
				.  Temperate			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Eastern Pacific.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Weight / Age
			
			
				Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 7.6 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Αναφ. 296)			
			
			
							
				
				
					
						Girdle:  Medium wide covered with thick recurved bristles.  Mucro:  Slightly posterior and depressed. Sculpturing of the central area of valves and jugum:  Radiated pitting which is finer at dorsal and gets larger towards the girdle.  Lateral area:  Flat and granular and appears nearly smooth; It is definable by a slightly raised rib.  Color of the valves:  Slate blue streaked with dark brown.  Color of the girdle:  Cream (Ref. 296).					
				
				
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Maximum Total Length:  7.6 m.  Depth:  Intertidal (Ref. 290).  Habitat:  Sides or bottoms of large boulders on open coast (Ref. 315). Occurs on the sides or bottoms of large boulders in the open coast (Ref. 315); mid to low tide zones from Alaska to Point Concepcion (Ref. 312).  Herbivorous, preferring diatoms and green alga, e.g., sea lettuce Ulva sp. (Ref. 312).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Eggs | Γονιμότητα | 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] (Αναφ. 296)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Αναφ. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Αναφ. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Human uses  
			
			
							
			
			
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Εργαλεία
			
			
			
			
				
					Περισσότερες πληροφορίες				
				
					 Population dynamicsΑύξηση
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
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Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Αφθονία
  Life cycleΑναπαραγωγήΓεννητική ΩρίμανσηΓονιμότηταΓεννοβολίαEggsEgg developmentLarvae   PhysiologyΚατανάλωση οξυγόνου
  Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
  				 
			 
			
			
			
				Διαδικτυακές πηγές
			
			
			
			
			
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						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (10 of 100).					
				
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.