Cryptochiton stelleri, Giant Pacific chiton : fisheries

Cryptochiton stelleri   (Middendorff, 1847)

Giant Pacific chiton

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Polyplacophora | Chitonida | Acanthochitonidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / εύρος βάθους / distribution range Οικολογία

; εύρος βάθους 0 - 60 m (Αναφ. 127878).  Temperate

Distribution Χώρες | Περιοχές FAO | Οικοσυστήματα | Παρουσίες | Εισαγωγές

Pacific Ocean. Temperate to polar.

Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Weight / Age

Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 32.5 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Αναφ. 865)

Short description Μορφολογία

Valves: Pure white; completely covered by what appears to be coarse maroon leather. Large white valves (Ref. 296).

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. epibenthic)

Fisheries: The foot of the Gumboot Chiton is sometimes eaten in the same manner as the abalone (Ref. 296). Depth ranges from intertidal to 600 m. Inhabits a variety of bottom-types, but prefer stone and pebble (Ref. 290); at some periods in their life cycle, they teem into the intertidal zone (Ref. 339). Often found on the beach (Ref. 296).

Life cycle and mating behavior Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Eggs | Γονιμότητα | 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 Αναφορές | Συντονιστής | Συνεργάτες

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

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


CITES status (Αναφ. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Αναφ. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

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Εργαλεία

Περισσότερες πληροφορίες

Τροφική Οικολογία
Food items (preys)
Σύσταση δίαιτας
Κατανάλωση τροφής
Θηρευτές
Οικολογία
Population dynamics
Αύξηση
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Αφθονία
Life cycle
Αναπαραγωγή
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση
Γονιμότητα
Γεννοβολία
Eggs
Egg development
Larvae
Distribution
Physiology
Κατανάλωση οξυγόνου

Διαδικτυακές πηγές

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Δέντρο Ζωής | Wikipedia (Go, αναζήτηση) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 1.5 - 9.9, mean 6 (based on 341 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Αναφ. 71543): Low vulnerability (23 of 100).
Price category (Αναφ. 80766): Unknown.