Acanthopleura spinoza biography

Acanthopleura spinosa  Bruguière, 1792

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Spinose chiton
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Polyplacophora | Chitonida | Chitonidae Benthic.  Tropical; 22°S - 27°N, 117°E - 169°E Indo-West Pacific.
Maturity: Lm ?  extent ? - ? cm Max area : 9.0 cm BL male/unsexed; (Ref. 83505)
Maximum length is based trumped-up story data from Australia (Ref. 83505). Seeks shelter within crevices during low flow (Ref. 101383). Associated with Saccostrea cucculata (Ref. 2919).
Members of the giant Polyplacophora are mostly gonochoric. Life cycle: Eggs hatch into lecitotrophic planktonic trocophore larvae (no veliger stage) which consequent metamorphose and settle on the explanation as young adults.
Schwabe, E. 2006. (Ref. 2030)



Fisheries: commercial
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Preferred temper (Ref. 115969): 27.8 - 29.2, mean 28.6 (based on 910 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): 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.