Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Axiidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Reef-associated; depth range 1 - 30 m (Ref. 96667). Tropical
Circumtropical.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 87256)
Lives in pairs in simple burrows (Ref. 87257) among coarse sand and coral rubble (Ref. 86837) at edges of seagrass meadows (Ref. 87256) and shallow back-reef areas (Ref. 87268). May exhibit debris-capturing behavior as they eat drifting plants (Ref. 86848).
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.
Felder, D.L., P.C. Dworschak, R. Robles, H.D. Bracken, A.M. Windsor, J.M. Felder and R. Lemaitre. 2009. (Ref. 86837)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Age/Size
Growth
Length-weight
Length-length
Morphology
Larvae
Abundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 24.1 - 29.2, mean 27.7 (based on 3555 cells).
Price category
Unknown.
