Lepidozona coreanica, Korean chiton

Lepidozona coreanica   (Reeve, 1847)

Korean chiton

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Polyplacophora | Chitonida | Ischnochitonidae

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

Benthic.  Subtropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Northwest Pacific: Japan, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Korea.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 3.8 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 283)

Short description Morphology

Body oval to elongate; oval in shape; moderately elevated. Valves yellowish brown or greenish in color blotched with dark brown or dark green. Lateral areas distinctly raised and sculptured with low radial ribs, some bifurcating towards the outer margin. Each rib ornamented with medium to large, roundish pustules. Central areas with fine, longitudinally, granosely ridged with twenty to twenty-five ridges per side. Girdle with alternating bands of light yellowish and dark greenish brown color; covered with rather large, slightly bent scales.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found from intertidal to 10 m (Refs. 289, 75835). Motile burrower. Feeds using its radula (Ref. 125928).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | 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.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Burghardt, G. and L. Burghardt 2006 Selected Chitons of Asia, Japan and Pacific region. A Gallery of Worldwide Chitons: http://home.inreach.com/burghart/asia.html[accessed20/01/06] (Ref. 283)

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

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 14.9 - 23, mean 20 (based on 152 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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