Malacostraca | 
Decapoda | 
Scyllaridae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic; depth range 45 - 200 m (Ref. 4).  Tropical; 7°S -   43°S, 63°W -   33°W (Ref. 4)			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Western Atlantic:  Brazil and Argentina.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?, range 9 - ? cm Max length : 32.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 106366); 36 cm TL (female)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					It has carapce lengths of 5 to 12 cm (Ref.4). Found in depths between 45 and 200 m.  Little is known about the substrate on which the animals live, except for one record from a sandy bottom (Ref. 4).  In general, Scyllarides sp. inhabits the intertidal zone; many prefer rocky substrates while others are on muddy or sandy bottoms (Ref. 106789).  Scyllarids are mainly carnivorous scavengers preferring small benthic invertebrates (Ref. 106995).				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Mating behavior:  Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer (Ref. 833).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Holthuis, L.B. 1991 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 13. Marine lobsters of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(13):292p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 4)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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				Fisheries: of no interest			
			
			
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						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 4.5 - 19.8, mean 8.7 (based on 59 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Moderate vulnerability (38 of 100).