Malacostraca | 
Decapoda | 
Epialtidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range				
				
					Ekologi				
				
			
			
				;  djupintervall 0 - 33 m (Ref. 96667).  Tropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Indo-Pacific and the Mediterranean.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Maximum depth from Ref. 106819. Found in the littoral to sublittoral zones (30 m) (Ref. 77016).  Inhabits areas with microalgae and is found on seagrass habitats with rocky or sandy muddy substrates (Ref. 85383).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | 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.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Tweedie, M.W.F. 1950 The fauna of the Cocos-Keeling Islands, Brachyura and Stomatopoda. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum, Singapore 22:102-148. (Ref. 3147)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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				Human uses  
			
			
							
			
			
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					Ytterligare information				
				
					 Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Födosammansättning
Födointag
Predatorer
  Population dynamicsTillväxt
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundans
  PhysiologySyreförbrukning
  Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
  
			 
			
			
			
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				Estimates based on models
			
			
			
									
						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 23.6 - 29.3, mean 28.2 (based on 3813 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.