Mopalia muscosa, Mossy chiton

Mopalia muscosa   (Gould, 1846)

Mossy chiton

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Polyplacophora | Chitonida | Mopaliidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range पारिस्थितिकी

; गहराई सीमा 0 - 5 m (संदर्भ 290).  Subtropical

Distribution देश | ऐफ ऐ ओ क्षेत्र | Ecosystems | संयोग | भूमिका

Eastern Pacific: Alaska, Canada and Mexico.

Length at first maturity / आकार / Weight / Age

परिपक्व अवधि: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 8.9 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (संदर्भ 296)

Short description आकृति विज्ञान

Girdle: Medium wide which is sandy and profusely covered with stiff bristles. Mucro: Highly posterior; depressed. Central areas: Longitudinally ribbed with sharp nodulose ribs transversed with subtle wide obsolete ribs forming a basket weave. Lateral areas: Heavily beaded rib. Inside area: Covered with oval shaped granulations. Color of the valves: Grays to black; rarely, a specimen with blue or orange valves may be found. Color of the girdle: Cream with brownish red bristles (Ref. 296).

जीवविज्ञान     शब्द संग्रह (उदाहरणार्थ epibenthic)

Habitat: On rocks, especially in areas of low to moderate surf; found in estuaries (Ref. 315). Depth Range: 0 to 5 m (Ref. 290); middle to low intertidal zones from Alaska to Mexico (Ref. 312). Occurs at the mid tide mark.

Life cycle and mating behavior परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | 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 संदर्भ | संयोजक | सहयोगीयो

Burghardt, G. and L. Burghardt 2006 West Coast Chitons. A Gallery of Worlwide Chitons: http://home.inreach.com/burghart/wcoast.html[accessed20/01/06] (संदर्भ 296)

IUCN Red List Status (संदर्भ 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (संदर्भ 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (संदर्भ 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


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इंटरनेट स्रोत

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 9.1 - 18, mean 10.7 (based on 193 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (संदर्भ 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (संदर्भ 80766): Unknown.

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