Lepidochitona hartwegii, Hartweg's chiton

Lepidochitona hartwegii   (Carpenter, 1855)

Hartweg's chiton

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

Polyplacophora | Chitonida | Tonicellidae

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

Benthic.  Temperate

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Pacific: Alaska, Mexico and USA.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 3.8 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 296)

Short description Morphology

Body: Uncommon form sometimes found which is red-brown in color. Girdle: medium wide sandy, eroded; flesh or dark gray mottled in color. Surface of the valves: Appears smooth but is microscopically granulated; has scattered wart-like granules which are heavier on the lateral areas; commonly grayish green with darker markings. Lateral areas: Definable. Murco: Forward. Body: uncommon form sometimes found which is red-brown in color (Ref. 296).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Habitat: Intertidal to shallow subtidal (Ref. 289); found in southern California in the mid-tide zone at the rocky shores, especially at Little Corona and Palos Verdes (Ref. 310). Occurs at the mid tide mark.

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: Version 2024-2)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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

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