Gastropoda |
Lepetellida |
Haliotidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 54 m (Ref. 865). Subtropical; 41°N - 22°N, 125°W - 109°W
Eastern Pacific: from Point Conception, California, to Bahia de Santa Maria, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?, range 4 - 10.3 cm Max length : 25.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 865); max. reported age: 20 years (Ref. 102214)
Sedentary (Ref. 102214), usually found on rocky crevices and on side of rocks, from low intertidal to 54 meters in depth (Ref. 865). Also inhabits algal beds, among those of crustose corallines and articulated forms (Ref. 101521). Juveniles occur in crevices and other cryptic sites during daytime; moves out at night to forage and returns to home site at dawn. Adults stay on home sites; forages on drift algae and occasionally on attached algae (Ref. 101619).
Broadcast spawner.
Gotshall, D.W. 2005. (Ref. 865)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 14.5 - 18.7, mean 16.7 (based on 8 cells).
Resilience
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.09-0.1; tm=8; tmax=20).
Fishing Vulnerability
High vulnerability (57 of 100).