Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Gecarcinidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; brackish. Tropical
Atlantic Ocean: from Cape Verde and Senegal to Angola.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 6.0, range 5 - ? cm Max length : 12.0 cm CW male/unsexed; (Ref. 104052)
Terrestrial and lives in burrows in marshy ground near lagoons, also on higher grounds as long as the burrow can reach saline ground water (Ref. 435).
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.
Fischer, W., G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.). 1981. (Ref. 435)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=1.5).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.