Polyplacophora |
Chitonida |
Mopaliidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic. Subtropical
Southeast Pacific: Chile.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
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.
Ramírez, M.E. and C. Osorio 2000 Patrones de distribución de macroalgas y macroinvertebrados intermareales de la isla Robinson Crusoe, archipiélago de Juan Fernández, Chile. Investigaciones Marinas (Valparaíso) 28:1-13. (Ref. 691)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Abundance
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Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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