Polyplacophora |
Chitonida |
Mopaliidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic. Temperate
Eastern Pacific: Canada, Alaska to Mexico.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 5.1 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 296)
Girdle: Wide with sparse flat glassy hairs having several recurved spines at the base. Mucro: Strongly posterior. Valves: Beaked slightly. Central areas: Longitudinally ribbed and where each rib touches the lateral area there is a granular pustule. Pustules: Form a heavy lateral rib; from this rib the central area rib continues at an oblique angle on the lateral areas until it again reaches a granular pustule at the posterior edge of the valve; pustules form another granular rib along the posterior edge of each valve. Color: Ranging from dull gray, grays with white, greens with yellows, whites with yellows, greens with red, greens with maroon with white mixed in (Ref. 296). Body: Oval to elongate (Ref. 290). Girdle: Medium wide nude; microscopically granulated fleshy. Mucro: Anterior. Central areas: Smooth. Lateral areas: Defined by a slightly raised rib with a smooth area inside. Color of valves: Blood red with white lightning marks. Color of girdle: Cream (Ref. 296).
Intertidal to shallow subtidal (Ref. 290).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Appears to have an annual reproductive cycle with spawning cued by spring phytoplankton (Ref. 290).
Burghardt, G. and L. Burghardt. 2006. (Ref. 296)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 6.1 - 14, mean 8.8 (based on 364 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.