Polyplacophora |
Chitonida |
Chitonidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range
Ekologi
. Tropical; 22°S - 27°N, 117°E - 169°E
Indo-West Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 9.0 cm BL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 83505)
Maximum length is based on data from Australia (Ref. 83505). Seeks shelter within crevices during low tide (Ref. 101383). Associated with Saccostrea cucculata (Ref. 2919).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | 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.
Schwabe, E. 2006 On a Small collection of Chitons from Papua New guinea (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Venus 65 (1 and 2):97-112. (Ref. 2030)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fiskeri: kommersiell
| FishSource | Sea Around Us
Verktyg
Ytterligare information
Population dynamicsTillväxtMax. ages / sizesLength-weight rel.Length-length rel.Length-frequenciesMass conversionAbundans PhysiologySyreförbrukning
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet-källor
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 27.8 - 29.2, mean 28.6 (based on 910 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
Nutrients : Calcium = 126 [75, 177] mg/100g; Iron = 4.79 [1.67, 7.92] mg/100g; Protein = 16.6 [15.4, 17.8] %; Omega3 = 0.331 [0.263, 0.400] g/100g; Selenium = 57.8 [48.5, 67.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 1.97 [0.92, 3.02] mg/100g (wet weight); based on
nutrient studies.