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Stenoplax heathiana Berry, 1946
Heath's chiton| Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 |
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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
Eastern Central Pacific: USA and Mexico.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 7.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 296); common length : 5.7 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 313)
Habitat: Middle and low Intertidal (Ref. 289 and 315); under stone in sand; rocky shores (Ref. 313); lives under rocks on open coast, especially rocks partly embedded in sand or gravel (Ref. 315).
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. (Ref. 296)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref. 115969): 12.7 - 19.1, mean 16.4 (based on 56 cells).
Price category
(Ref. 80766):
Unknown.