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Heterocarpus gibbosus   Bate, 1888

Humpback nylon shrimp

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Heterocarpus gibbosus  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Pandalidae

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

Benthic; depth range 200 - 1280 m (Ref. 81840).  Deep-water; 26°N - 4°S, 44°E - 127°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific: South China Sea to the Indian Ocean and Eastern Africa.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Minimum depth from Ref. 105354. Found on blue mud bottom (Ref. 81840). Carnivore and detritus feeder (Ref. 102663).

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

Chou, W-R., S-H. Lai and L-S. Fang. 1999. (Ref. 3208)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Internet sources

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): 6.8 - 11.1, mean 8.8 (based on 71 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.35).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.