Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Ocypodidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range
Ekologi
. Tropical
Indo-Pacific: from East Africa to the Philippines and the Great Barrier Reef.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Könsmognad: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Inhabits sandy beaches (Ref. 3477). In deep, tube-like burrows along exposed shores (Ref. 132434). Appears to be a predator in beaches where it is abundant (Ref. 111610). Burrows are obvious during summer but hardly seen during winter (Ref. 125338).
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.
Gibbs, P.E. 1978 Macrofauna of the intertidal sand flats on low wooded islands, Northern Great Barrier Reef. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 284(999):81-97. (Ref. 3197)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
| FishSource |
Verktyg
Ytterligare information
Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Födosammansättning
Födointag
Predatorer
PhysiologySyreförbrukning
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet-källor
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 27.3 - 29.3, mean 28.6 (based on 1349 cells).
Price category
Unknown.
