Gastropoda |
Lepetellida |
Haliotidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 18 m (Ref. 865). Subtropical; 34°N - 24°N, 120°W - 111°W
Eastern Pacific: USA to Mexico. Ranges from Point Conception, California (Ref. 865) to Bahia Magdalena, Baja California, Mexico (Ref. 101430). Introduced in China and Israel.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?, range 6 - 12.8 cm Max length : 25.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 865)
It is found on rock crevices from low intertidal to a depth of 18 meters (Ref. 865). 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 spawners, breeds year-round. Life cycle: Embryos develop into planktonic trocophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults (Ref. 833).
Gotshall, D.W. 2005 Guide to marine invertebrates: Alaska to Baja California, 2nd ed. (revised). Sea Challengers. 117 p. (Ref. 865)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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More information
PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Resilience
(Ref. 69278): |
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.38; tm=2.25) |
Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 71543) |
Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100). |
Price category
(Ref. 80766): |
Very high. |
