Aplacophora | 
Cavibelonia | 
Rhipidoherpiidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic.  Polar			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Antarctic Indian Ocean:  Kerguelen and Crozet Island.
			
			
			
			
			
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					Members of the class Aplacophora are mostly hermaphroditic.  Life cycle:  Eggs hatch into lecitotrophic larvae which later develop into adults.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Garcia-Alvarez, O. 2010 Rhipidoherpia copulobursata Salvini-Plawen, 1978. In Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds). The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species (RAMS) at http://www.scarmarbin.be/rams.php?p=taxdetails&id=340780 on 2011-08-02. (Ref. 87598)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
					  Harmless				
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
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