Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Sicyoniidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 1 - 330 m (Ref. 8), usually 10 - 110 m (Ref. 112661). Tropical, preferred 25°C (Ref. 107945); 39°N - 14°N, 106°W - 70°W
Eastern Pacific and Western Atlantic: In the eastern Pacific from Colima to Chiapas, Mexico, and in the western Atlantic from Norfolk Virginia, along USA and Bahamas to the southern coast of Cuba, Gulf of Mexico from Florida Keys to Yucatan.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 15.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8)
Minimum depth from Ref. 356. Prefers bottom white and shelly sand (Ref. 8). Generalized carnivore, feeds at night, mainly on mollusks and crustaceans (Ref. 111994).
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.
Holthuis, L.B. 1980. (Ref. 8)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Fisheries: landings, species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us
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Age/Size
Growth
Length-weight
Length-length
Morphology
Larvae
Abundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 10.2 - 27, mean 22.4 (based on 267 cells).
Prior r = 0.81, 95% CL = 0.54 - 1.22, Based on 1 data-limited stock assessment.
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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).
