Ischnochiton comptus   (Gould, 1859)

Fancy chiton

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

| Chitonida | Ischnochitonidae

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

.  Subtropical

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Introducciones

Western Pacific: Japan, south to the Philippines.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 2.5 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 283)

Short description Morfología

Valves broad; mostly light grayish brown; variously blotched with white, cream, pink, reddish chestnut or blackish brown; some specimens are olive colored mottled with white. Valve surface microgranulose, sculptured with numerous weak, glossy, radiating riblets. Girdle scaly and colored in alternating yellowish and grayish or brownish bands.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Found from intertidal to 50 m, on rocks and gravel (Ref. 75835). Also found under stones, just before Sargassum (Ref. 128661).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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 Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Burghardt, G. and L. Burghardt. 2006. (Ref. 283)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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Introducciones
Stocks
Ecología
Dieta
componentes alimenticios
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Madurez
Puesta
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Huevos
Egg development
Age/Size
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Length-length
Morfología
Larva
Abundancia
Referencias
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Fuentes de Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Árbol de la vida | Wikipedia (Go, búsqueda) | Expediente Zoológico

Estimates based on models

Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.