Mopalia spectabilis   Cowan & Cowan, 1977

Red-flecked mopalia

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

| Chitonida | Mopaliidae

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

; profondeur 0 - 10 m (Ref. 290).  Subtropical

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Pacific: Canada, Alaska and USA.

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 5.7 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 296)

Description synthétique Morphologie

Girdle: moderate width; color, buff to brown. Girdle: Randomly covered with minute, separated spicules with 10-12 thin hairs which are also located at suture and end valves; in addition there are scattered coarse bristles bearing smaller secondary bristles. Color of the valves: Turquoise-blue with orange-red zig-zag bands, green, tan with red markings or any variation of these (Ref. 296).

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. epibenthic)

Depth based on occurrence record; to be replaced with better reference. Often found where there is an active current flow or tidal wash; on the undersides of boulders. May be covered with encrusting sponges, colonial tunicates, coral, bryozoans, and/or encrusting coralline algae; usually not found in association with M. ciliata (Ref. 290).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

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.

Référence principale Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

Burghardt, G. and L. Burghardt. 2006. (Ref. 296)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

  Non évalué 

statut CITES (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 6.8 - 12.4, mean 9.2 (based on 295 cells).
Vulnérabilité (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): Unknown.