Polyplacophora |
Chitonida |
Chitonidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range ? - 8 m (Ref. 128661). Subtropical
Northwest Pacific: Japan, China, and Hong Kong.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Shell is light pinkish brown, with elongate white splotches and a white streak at the jugum. Girdle is reddish brown with irregular scattered white specks, splotches, streaks, or bands.Valves subcarinate to rounded.
Depth based on occurrence; to be replaced with a better reference.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Bullock, R.C. and K.D. Harper 1994 The Polyplacophora of Cape D'Aguilar, Hong Kong. pp. 3-54 In B. Morton (ed.) The Malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China III, Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on the Malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China, Hong Kong, 13 April - 1 May 1992. Hong Kong University Press. (Ref. 128661)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
Population dynamicsGrowth
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundance
Life cycleReproduction
Maturity
Fecundity
Spawning
Eggs
Egg development
Larvae
PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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Estimates based on models