Discurria insessa, Kelp limpet

Discurria insessa   (Hinds, 1842)

Kelp limpet

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Gastropoda | Not assigned | Lottiidae

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

Benthic.  Polar

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Northeast Pacific and Arctic: Alaska, Canada, USA, Mexico. Climate: polar to subtropical.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 2.0 cm NG male/unsexed; (Ref. 95344); common length : 2.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 312)

Short description Morphology

It is oval, chestnut brown, and smooth. Its shell never grows wider than the particular stipe it lives on (Ref. 312).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

It has a shell length 2 cm long (Ref. 312). Habitat: On the blades of the Feather Boa kelp in the low intertidal zone; it is occasionally found on the Pterogyphora sp. Diet: Feather Boa kelp (Egregia spp. ) (Ref. 312).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the order Patellogastropoda are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners. Life cycle: Embryos develop into planktonic trocophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Gallivan, G. and J. Danforth. 1999. (Ref. 312)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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