19 red abalone
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Life Strategy: external fertilization, eggs and sperm released together. up to 2 million eggs per spawning season, larval stage (veligers) for 2 months Common Name: Red Abalone Family: Haliotididae Geography / Habitat: Southern Oregon to Baja California, intertidal zones, attached to rocks Food / Feed Strategy: herbivore, grazes on algae, kelp, plankton Species #: 119 Title: Saltwater/Marine InvertebratesTRANSCRIPT
Title: Saltwater/Marine Invertebrates Species #: 119
Common Name: Red Abalone
Scientific Name: Haliotis rufescensKingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda Order: Archaeogastropoda
Family: Haliotididae
Geography / Habitat: Southern Oregon to Baja California, intertidal zones, attached to rocks
Life Strategy: external fertilization, eggs and sperm released together. up to 2 million eggs per spawning season, larval stage (veligers) for 2 months
Food / Feed Strategy: herbivore, grazes on algae, kelp, plankton
Body Form or Style: Shelled gastropod Swim / Locomotion Style: Foot Mouth Position: Inferior Citation: "Red Abalone." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 12 Dec. 2011.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_abalone>.