Malacostraca | 
Decapoda | 
Nematocarcinidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic; depth range 550 - 4000 m (Ref. 116485), usually 800 - 1200 m (Ref. 2660).  Deep-water; 75°S -  (Ref. 2660)			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Indo-Pacific and Antarctic:  East Antarctica, Japan and South Africa.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Found on continental shelf and slope at depths of 800 to 1200 m (Ref. 2660).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
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					Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric.  Mating behavior:  Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.  				
			
			
			
			
			
				Gutt, J., M. Gorny and W. Arntz 1991 Spatial distribution of Antarctic shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) by underwater photography. Antarc. Sci. 3(4):363-369. (Ref. 2660)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
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				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
					  Harmless				
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
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