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Lepidochitona flectens (Carpenter, 1864)
| Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 |
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| Lepidochitona flectens AquaMaps Data sources: GBIF OBIS |
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Polyplacophora | Chitonida | Tonicellidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 40 m (Ref. 289). Temperate
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Eastern Pacific: Alaska, USA, Canada and Mexico.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 2.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 296)
Short description Morphology
Girdle: Sandy with a minute spiculose fringe; opposite all or some sutural areas there is a long hair with fine recurved short hairs along its stem; Cream with orange or red blotches in color. Valves: Appear smooth to the naked eye but are minutely granular under a lens; scarlet red in color with 4 small blue spots on the posterior edge or mottled olivaceous green and maroon (Ref. 296).
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.
Main reference
References | Coordinator | Collaborators
Burghardt, G. and L. Burghardt. 2006. (Ref. 296)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref. 115969): 8.9 - 15.6, mean 10.3 (based on 52 cells).
Price category
(Ref. 80766):
Unknown.