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Acesta patagonica (Dall, 1902)
Deep-water coral clam| Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 |
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Bivalvia | Limida | Limidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Benthic; depth range 15 - 820 m (Ref. 87801). Temperate
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Southwest Atlantic and Southeast Pacific: Argentina and Chile.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Found on soft and hard rocky substrates, at depths of 15 to 820 meters, in crevices or irregularities of the bottom, and may be associated with hard corals like Desmophyllum dianthus, in inner fjords, channels and exposed areas (Ref. 87801).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the class Bivalvia are mostly gonochoric, some are protandric hermaphrodites. Life cycle: Embryos develop into free-swimming trocophore larvae, succeeded by the bivalve veliger, resembling a miniature clam.
Main reference
References | Coordinator | Collaborators
Häussermann, V. and G. Försterra. 2009. (Ref. 87801)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref. 115969): 5.9 - 13.3, mean 9.6 (based on 27 cells).