Plaxiphora aurata   (Spalowsky, 1795)

Camouflaged spiny sea cradle

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

| Chitonida | Mopaliidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Οικολογία

; εύρος βάθους 0 - 30 m (Ref. 83435).  Temperate; 53°S - 54°S, 70°E - 0°E (Ref. 83435)

Κατανομή Χώρες | Περιοχές FAO | Οικοσυστήματα | Παρουσίες | Εισαγωγές

Southern Pacific, Southern Atlantic and Antarctic Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 8.6 cm DL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 83435)

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. epibenthic)

It is found on all kinds of hard substrates, but is common in lower red algae zone and feeds on red and green algae. It also has a good tolerance for salinity fluctuations and low salinity with values of 15 to 22 psu (Ref. 87801).

Life cycle and mating behavior Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Αβγά | Γονιμότητα | Προνύμφες

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 Αναφορές | Συντονιστής | Συνεργάτες

Rosenberg, G. 2009. (Ref. 83435)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


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Εργαλεία

Περισσότερες πληροφορίες

Κοινά ονόματα
Συνώνυμα
Θηρευτές
Αναπαραγωγή
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση
Γεννοβολία
Γονιμότητα
Αβγά
Egg development
Age/Size
Αύξηση
Length-weight
Length-length
Μορφολογία
Προνύμφες
Αφθονία
Αναφορές
Mass conversion

Διαδικτυακές πηγές

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Δέντρο Ζωής | Wikipedia (Go, αναζήτηση) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 7.4 - 7.9, mean 7.6 (based on 27 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.