Polyplacophora |
Chitonida |
Acanthochitonidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic. Tropical
Indo-West Pacific. Tropical to subtropical.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Shell typically cream white and light bluish green, with longitudinal or concentrically arranged brown or reddish streaks, splotches, or zigzag markings. Jugum often with white and greenish brown longitudinal streaks. Girdle tan to brown, often with patches extending from tufts of spicules to valves. Valves relatively flat, slightly rounded. Anterior valve with slightly convex slope, and is covered with closely packed pustules radiating from the apex.
Found on rock pools (Ref. 124789). On exposed rocks covered by Sargassum. Also found among coralline algae at the low water mark (Ref. 128661).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | 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.
Taylor, J.D. and B. Morton. 1996. (Ref. 84538)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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