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Aristaeopsis edwardsiana   (Johnson, 1867)

Scarlet shrimp

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2100
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Aristaeopsis edwardsiana  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Aristeidae

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

Benthic; depth range 274 - 1850 m (Ref. 101581), usually 400 - 900 m (Ref. 8).  Tropical, preferred 25°C (Ref. 107945); 43°N - 48°S, 97°W - 138°W (Ref. 113739)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Circumglobal in tropical to temperate waters.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 19.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8); 33.4 cm TL (female)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Commercially fished in the Atlantic (Senegal, Guinea, Congo, Angola, and French Guyana) (Ref. 8), but no longer in Brazil (Ref. 101581). Benthic (Ref. 91956). Predominantly deep-water species (Ref. 104150). Found on muddy bottom. Temperate to tropical environment (Ref. 8). Feeds on crustaceans, sediment, fishes, cephalopods, anthozoans, polychaetes and echinoderms (Ref. 104150).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Holthuis, L.B. 1980. (Ref. 8)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 3.7 - 12.6, mean 7.4 (based on 1390 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.
Nutrients: Calcium = 109 [35, 184] mg/100g; Iron = 1.59 [1.21, 1.97] mg/100g; Protein = 20.2 [19.2, 21.3] %; Omega3 = 0.285 [0.185, 0.386] g/100g; Selenium = 48.3 [-31.7, 128.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 1.79 [1.17, 2.40] mg/100g (wet weight).