Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Alpheidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic. Tropical
Indo-Pacific: South Africa to Mozambique.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Known from intertidal to shallow infratidal (Ref. 333).
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.
Kensley, B.F. 1981 On the zoogeography of southern Africa decapod Crustacea, with distributional check list of the species. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 338:1-64. (Ref. 333)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Population dynamicsGrowth
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Abundance
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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