Polyplacophora | 
Lepidopleurida | 
Leptochitonidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic.  Subtropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Western Indian Ocean and Eastern Atlantic:  South Africa and UK England.
			
			
			
			
			
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				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Lower intertidal, shallow subtidal (Ref. 1859).				
			
			
			
			
			
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					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.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Sirenko, B.I. 2000 A new unusual species of Parachiton (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from South Africa. African Zoology 35(1):93-99. (Ref. 1859)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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					  Harmless				
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
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