Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Alpheidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthopelagic; depth range 0 - 14 m (Ref. 83922). Tropical
Western Atlantic Ocean: USA to the West Indies and Brazil.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Epipelagic species found on rocky bottoms, shell fragments and on seagrass beds (Ref. 83922). Also Ref. 7873.
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.
Abele, L.G. and W. Kim. 1986. (Ref. 7873)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Age/SizeGrowthLength-weightLength-lengthMorphologyLarvaeAbundance
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Estimates of some properties based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 23.9 - 28.2, mean 27.1 (based on 526 cells).
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=1.9-2.28).
Price category
Unknown.