Malacostraca | 
Decapoda | 
Pilumnidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic; depth range ? - 200 m (Ref. 125642).  Tropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Indo-Pacific:  South Africa; Japan, south to Australia and New Caledonia; Tahiti.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.9 cm CW male/unsexed; (Ref. 125642)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Intertidal to subtidal (Ref. 106854).  Found in crevices of rock or coral reefs. Also reported to be excavating burrows in coral clumps (Ref. 125642).				
			
			
			
			
			
				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.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Walker, A.O. 1887 Notes on a collection of Crustacea from Singapore. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 20(118):107-117. (Ref. 77883)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
					  Harmless				
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
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				Estimates based on models
			
			
			
									
						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 24.7 - 28.8, mean 27.1 (based on 514 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (10 of 100).