Malacostraca | 
Decapoda | 
Nephropidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic; depth range 122 - 1735 m (Ref. 4), usually 122 - 900 m (Ref. 4).  Temperate (Ref. 105127); 36°S -   59°S, 78°W -   34°W (Ref. 4)			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Southeast Pacific, Southwest Atlantic and Antarctic Atlantic.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?, range 4 - ? cm Max length : 25.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					It has lengths of 8 to 25 cm TL; 2 to 10 cm (mostly between 3 and 6 cm) CL; 3.4 to 7.4 cm CL ovigerous females (Ref. 4).  Maximum depth from Ref. 105127. Deep-sea species.  Found on the continental shelf (Ref. 87391).  Members of the family Nephropidae are generalists (Ref. 105344).				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Spawning takes place in both spring and autumn, probably all year round.  Life cycle:  Embryonic development takes 1 year (Ref. 105127).  Mating behavior:  Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer (Ref. 833).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Holthuis, L.B. 1991 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 13. Marine lobsters of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(13):292p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 4)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
					  Harmless				
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Human uses  
			
			
				Fisheries: of potential interest			
			
			
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						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 2.6 - 6.8, mean 4.8 (based on 249 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (15 of 100).					
				
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.