Haliotis rufescens Swainson, 1822

Araya, Juan Francisco, 2015, Current status of the non-indigenous molluscs in Chile, with the first record of Otala punctata (Müller, 1774) (Gastropoda: Helicidae) in the country and new records for Cornu aspersum (Müller, 1774) and Deroceras laeve (Müller, 1774), Journal of Natural History 49 (29), pp. 1731-1761 : 1751-1752

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2015.1006703

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4336571

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/933C3E2E-FFF1-FF9F-FE22-0572FE3A5080

treatment provided by

Carolina

scientific name

Haliotis rufescens Swainson, 1822
status

 

Haliotis rufescens Swainson, 1822 View in CoL

Description

Geiger and Owen (2012).

Distribution

East coast of the Pacific Ocean from Sunset Bay, Oregon, USA, to El Rosario, Baja California, Mexico ( Mardones et al. 2013). In Chile this species is found around Caldera (27° S) and in the Región de Los Lagos (41° S to 46° S), only in aquaculture farms ( Valdovinos 1999), with the first introduction to the country in 1977 (Flores- Aguilar et al. 2007).

Possible mechanism of introduction/Status

Imported to Chile for aquaculture ( Flores-Aguilar et al. 2007).

Remarks

Herbivorous species, this species has an indirect impact on the communities of the native rocky kelp Lessonia nigrescens and Lessonia trabeculata , which are used as abalone food in the local aquaculture facilities ( Castilla et al. 2005; Flores-Aguilar et al. 2007). This species is also a primary and secondary introduction vector in Chile for the non-indigenous boring polychaete species Dipolydora huelma Sato-Okoshi and Takatsuka, 2001 ; Dodecaceria cf. opulens Gravier, 1908; Polydora rickettsi Woodwick, 1961 and Terebrasabella heterouncinata Fitzhugh and Rouse, 1999 ( Moreno et al. 2006). UA, II.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Lepetellida

Family

Haliotidae

Genus

Haliotis

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