Ischnochiton comptus   (Gould, 1859)

Fancy chiton
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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

Western Pacific: Japan, south to the Philippines.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 2.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 283)

Short description Morphology

Valves broad; mostly light grayish brown; variously blotched with white, cream, pink, reddish chestnut or blackish brown; some specimens are olive colored mottled with white. Valve surface microgranulose, sculptured with numerous weak, glossy, radiating riblets. Girdle scaly and colored in alternating yellowish and grayish or brownish bands.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found from intertidal to 50 m, on rocks and gravel (Ref. 75835). Also found under stones, just before Sargassum (Ref. 128661).

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. 283)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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Estimates based on models

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