Acanthopleura granulata, West Indian fuzzy chiton

Acanthopleura granulata   (Gmelin, 1791)

West Indian fuzzy chiton

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Polyplacophora | Chitonida | Chitonidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

; djupintervall 0 - 1 m (Ref. 83435).  Tropical

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Western Central Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 10.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 289)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Maximum depth from Ref. 110502. Epibiotic (Ref. 110502). Intertidal; very common on open shore (Ref. 289); common in the zone between tides in the rocky coast, mainly on rocks of arenaceous; adheres with great force to rocks (Ref. 292); intertidal, spray zones of rocky shores (Ref. 2022, page 122).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | 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 referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Burghardt, G. and L. Burghardt 2006 Selected Chitons of Caribbean Area and the East Coast of United States and Canada. A Gallery of Worlwide Chitons: http://home.inreach.com/burghart/eastcoas.html[accessed20/01/06] (Ref. 281)

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


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


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Life cycle
Reproduktion
Könsmognad
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Lek
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Larvae
Distribution
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Förekomster
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Stamps, coins, misc.
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referenser

Internet-källor

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, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 26.3 - 28.4, mean 27.3 (based on 199 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.