Malacostraca | 
Decapoda | 
Portunidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic.  Tropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Indo-West Pacific:  from Shark Bay to Wide Bay, Queensland, Tasmania, Australia and Lord Howe Island.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
				O'Hara, T. and V. Barmby 2000 Victorian marine species of conservation concern: molluscs, echinoderms and decapod crustaceans. Parks, Flora and Fauna Division, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, East Melbourne, Australia. (Ref. 115995)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						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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  Life cycleReproduction
Maturity
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Larvae
  PhysiologyOxygen consumption
  Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
  
			 
			
			
			
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				Estimates based on models