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Haliotis cracherodii Leach, 1814
Black abalone| Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 |
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Gastropoda | Lepetellida | Haliotidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 6 m (Ref. 865). Subtropical; 44°N - 28°N, 125°W - 113°W
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Eastern Pacific: USA to Mexico. Historically occurred from Crescent City, California to southern Baja California, Mexico; however, current constricted range occurs from Point Arena, California to Bahia Tortugas, Mexico.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?, range 5 - ? cm Max length : 29.0 cm SHW male/unsexed; (Ref. 312); max. reported age: 51 years (Ref. 8702)
Short description Morphology
Shell is dark blue-black and smooth. It is usually free from seaweed and other marine growth. The holes near the shell edge are used to carry of waste and release eggs and sperm (Ref. 312).
Fisheries: the meat is eaten fresh or dried; the shell is used as ornament or served as spoons or bowls (Ref. 312). Found under large rocks and in deep crevices in the middle to low intertidal zones. Herbivorous; known to grab drifting blades of brown algae with their tentacles; they also scrape diatoms and other microscopic algae from rocks. Usually feeds on various species of brown algae, but the smaller individuals ingest diatoms and coralline algae. Preyed on by humans. Under crowded conditions, adult abalones may graze the growth of marine plants from other shells (Ref. 312).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Broadcast spawners (Ref. 105180).
Main reference
References | Coordinator | Collaborators
Gallivan, G. and J. Danforth. 1999. (Ref. 312)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Critically Endangered (CR) (A2ade+3e); Date assessed: 04 January 2021
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record
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Preferred temperature
(Ref. 115969): 12.2 - 18.6, mean 15.9 (based on 61 cells).