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Decapoda |
Munididae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ekologi
; djupintervall 30 - 300 m (Ref. 79413). Temperate; 63°N - 30°N, 18°W - 31°E
Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean: From Shetland to Sognefjord, Norway in the north to Madeira Is. and the Mediterranean.
Length at first maturity / Size / Vikt / Age
Maturity: Lm 1.0, range 2 - ? cm
Epibenthic (Ref. 87524). Inhabits sandy and muddy bottoms (Ref. 105214). Also found on rocky substrates in shelf waters from shallow to deeper continental slope (Ref. 105215) and on Serpula vermicularis reefs (Ref. 122978). In general, galatheid crabs show a wide spectrum of feeding habits, from being detritivorous, vegetarian, omnivorous, to cannibalistic (Ref. 90632).
Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.
Jennings, S., J. Lancaster, A. Woolmer and J. Cotter. 1999. (Ref. 3123)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fiskeri: kommersiell
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Verktyg
Ytterligare information
Age/SizeTillväxtLength-weightLength-lengthMorfologiLarverAbundans
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 6.9 - 11.3, mean 9.3 (based on 315 cells).
Resiliens
Hög, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid mindre än 15 månader (Fec=6,000).
