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Mytilus chilensis   (Hupé, 1854)

Chilean mussel

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Falkland Islands (Malvinas) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: C: Ref. 87801.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/fa.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Häussermann, V. and G. Försterra, 2009
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Mytilida () > Mytilidae (sea mussels)

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

; salmastro; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 100 m (Ref. 356).   Temperate, preferred 10°C (Ref. 107945); 40°S - 56°S, 76°W - 36°W

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

Southeast Pacific, Southwest Atlantic and the Antarctic.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 18.0 cm SHL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 356)

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

This is an epifaunal species found on soft sandy and muddy bottoms and diverse rocky substrates including cobbles and associated with holdfasts or fronds of brown algae in inner fjords, channels and exposed areas (Ref. 87801).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Members of the class Bivalvia are mostly gonochoric, some are protandric hermaphrodites. Life cycle: Embryos develop into free-swimming trocophore larvae, succeeded by the bivalve veliger, resembling a miniature clam.

Main reference Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Häussermann, V. and G. Försterra. 2009. (Ref. 87801)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Pesca: commerciale
FAO - Acquacoltura: production; pesca: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Strumenti

Informazioni ulteriori

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Ecologia
Dieta
Prede
Nomi Comuni
Sinonimi
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Riproduzione
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Fecundity
Uova
Egg development
Age/Size
Accrescimento
Length-weight
Length-length
Morfologia
Larve
Abbondanza

Fonti Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(pesca: ; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, ricerca) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Prior r = 0.43, 95% CL = 0.28 - 0.64, Based on 1 data-limited stock assessment.
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Medium.