Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Raninidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Reef-associated; depth range 1 - 200 m (Ref. 343). Tropical; 35°N - 34°S, 29°E - 139°W
Indo-Pacific: From East Africa, Japan to Australia and Hawaii.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 1.0  range ? - 1 cm Max length : 15.0 cm CL male/unsexed; (Ref. 343); 12 cm CL (female); max. published weight: 900.00 g (Ref. 343); max. published weight: 900.00 g
Carapace very elongate, much longer than broad; anterior part much broader than narrow, posterior waist-like. Abdomen clearly visible from dorsal view. Chelae greatly outsized in males; chelae and legs laterally flattened, spade-like. Color: orange to red overall.
Minimum depth from Ref. 114541. Occupies the sublittoral zone (Ref. 77016). Occurs at depths greater than 100 m in open sandy areas (Ref. 343) in which they bury (Ref. 106934). Feeds on a variety of worms and soft shelled mollusks (Ref. 343).
Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.
Ng, P.K.L. 1998. (Ref. 343)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 124695)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates of some properties based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 18.2 - 28.8, mean 27.4 (based on 1084 cells).
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Prior r = 0.93, 95% CL = 0.61 - 1.40, Based on 2 stock assessments.
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100)
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