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Cryptochiton stelleri   (Middendorff, 1847)

Giant Pacific chiton

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Cryptochiton stelleri  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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United States (contiguous states) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: C: Refs. 290, 93916, 94807, 865, 127878; O: Ref. 296.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Dickson, R., 2002
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Giant pacific chiton, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Populaire namen | Synoniemen | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Chitonida () > Acanthochitonidae ()

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

; diepteverspreiding 0 - 60 m (Ref. 127878).   Temperate

Verspreiding Landen | FAO regio's | Ecosystems | Voorkomen | Introducties

Pacific Ocean. Temperate to polar.

Length at first maturity / Size / Gewicht / Leeftijd

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 32.5 cm TL mannelijk/geslacht niet bekend; (Ref. 865)

Korte beschrijving Morfologie

Valves: Pure white; completely covered by what appears to be coarse maroon leather. Large white valves (Ref. 296).

Biologie     Verklarende woordenlijst (b.v. epibenthic)

Fisheries: The foot of the Gumboot Chiton is sometimes eaten in the same manner as the abalone (Ref. 296). Depth ranges from intertidal to 600 m. Inhabits a variety of bottom-types, but prefer stone and pebble (Ref. 290); at some periods in their life cycle, they teem into the intertidal zone (Ref. 339). Often found on the beach (Ref. 296).

Life cycle and mating behavior Geslachtsrijpheid | Voortplanting | Kuitschieten | Eieren | 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.

Voornaamste referentie Referenties | Coördinator | Medewerkers

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

Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435)

  Niet beoordeeld 

Status bij CITES (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Gebruik door de mens

Visserij: van potentieel belang
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Tools

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Meer informatie

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Introducties
Stocks
Ecologie
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Populaire namen
Synoniemen
Predators
Voortplanting
Geslachtsrijpheid
Kuitschieten
Fecundity
Eieren
Ontwikkeling van de eieren
Leeftijd/Grootte
Groei
Lengte-gewicht parameters
Lengte-lengte parameters
Morfologie
Larven
Abundantie
Referenties
Mass conversion
Medewerkers
Illustraties

Internet-bronnen

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | GenBank (genoom, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (ga naar, zoek) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 1.5 - 9.9, mean 6 (based on 341 cells).
Kwetsbaarheid (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (20 of 100).
Prijsklasse (Ref. 80766): Unknown.