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Hyas araneus   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Atlantic lyre crab

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Oregoniidae

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

Benthic; depth range 0 - 402 m (Ref. 93860).  Temperate

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Arctic and Northeast Atlantic. Introduced in the Southern Ocean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Cold-eurythermal species living on stony, sandy bottoms from less than 1 m to 360 m, most common at depths less than 50 m (Ref. 113560).

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

Harms, J. 1993. (Ref. 2711)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


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): 6.4 - 11.1, mean 8.1 (based on 454 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.