Polyplacophora | 
Chitonida | 
Acanthochitonidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / εύρος βάθους / distribution range				
				
					Οικολογία				
				
			
			
				;  εύρος βάθους 0 - 60 m (Αναφ. 127878).  Temperate			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				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)			
			
			
							
				
				
					
						Valves:  Pure white; completely covered by what appears to be coarse maroon leather.  Large white valves (Ref. 296).					
				
				
						
			
			
			
			
				
					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.				
			
			
			
			
			
				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				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Human uses  
			
			
				αλιεία: με δυνητικό ενδιαφέρον			
			
			
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Εργαλεία
			
			
			
			
				
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					 Τροφική ΟικολογίαFood items (preys)
Σύσταση δίαιτας
Κατανάλωση τροφής
Θηρευτές
  Population dynamicsΑύξηση
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Αφθονία
  Life cycleΑναπαραγωγήΓεννητική ΩρίμανσηΓονιμότηταΓεννοβολίαEggsEgg developmentLarvae   PhysiologyΚατανάλωση οξυγόνου
  Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
  
			 
			
			
			
				Διαδικτυακές πηγές
			
			
			
			
			
				Estimates based on models
			
			
			
									
						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 1.5 - 9.9, mean 6 (based on 341 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (23 of 100).					
				
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.