Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; intervalo de profundidade 0 - 60 m (Ref. 127878). Temperate
Pacific Ocean. Temperate to polar.
Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 32.5 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 865)
Valves: Pure white; completely covered by what appears to be coarse maroon leather. Large white valves (Ref. 296).
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
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
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. (Ref. 296)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Categoria CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Utilização humana
Pescarias: de interesse potencial
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Ferramentas
Mais informação
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Fontes da internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 1.5 - 9.9, mean 6 (based on 341 cells).
Vulnerabilidade
Low vulnerability (20 of 100).
Categoria de preço
Unknown.
