Polyplacophora |
Chitonida |
Chitonidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 36 m (Ref. 87801). Temperate; 52°S - 55°S, 70°E - 61°E (Ref. 83435)
Southeast Pacific, Southwest Atlantic and Antarctic Atlantic.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 7.0 cm DL male/unsexed; (Ref. 83435)
Found on rocks and undersides of stones and boulders on sandy bottoms, often between Macrocystis, Bryozoa, polychaete-tubes, crustallinous red algae and bivalves; also near bacteria mats that are associated with volcanic springs (Ref. 87801).
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.
Rosenberg, G. 2009. (Ref. 83435)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Age/Size
Growth
Length-weight
Length-length
Morphology
Larvae
Abundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 2.2 - 8.3, mean 7.3 (based on 100 cells).
Price category
Unknown.