Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Palinuridae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 100 - 298 m (Ref. 271). Tropical; 14°N - 1°N, 58°W - 47°W (Ref. 4)
Western Atlantic.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 10.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 271)
It has lengths of 10 cm, maximum body length; 1.6 to 3.2 cm, carapace length (Ref. 4). Occurs at depths from 120 and 298 m, but there is a record from the littoral zone, and one from 4111 to 4122 m. The bottom is variously described as "sand and coral, "sandy calcarenite", and "smooth, consisting of brown mud" (Ref. 4).
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. 1991. (Ref. 4)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Growth
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Length-length
Morphology
Larvae
Abundance
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 13.6 - 18.8, mean 17.6 (based on 5 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
