Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Palaemonidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range
Ekologi
; brackvatten; djupintervall 0 - 30 m (Ref. 104052). Subtropical; 69°N - 28°S, 32°W - 42°E
Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean and Black Sea: from Azores to Norway, south to Namibia and east to Turkey. Introduced in the Baltic, Aral and Caspian Seas.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Könsmognad: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 6.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 804)
Maximum depth from Ref. 113561. Tolerates a broad range of salinity - from 5 to 45 PSU (Ref. 115278). From hypersaline lagoons, Zostera, Posidonia and Cymodocea spp. sea grass meadows to partly brackish estuaries (Ref. 122771). Coastal species (Ref. 113561). Intertidal in rocky and muddy bottoms (Ref. 122838). Found in shallow waters, with rocks covered by various types of macroalgae or sandy beds of Zostera marina (Ref. 804). Littoral, populates brown algae belts (Ref. 115278). Omnivorous (Ref. 96308). Feeds on macroalgae, detritus and invertebrates (Ref. 95829). Dwells in intertidal zones, in tidepools. Found in habitats dominated by Zoanthus pulchellus. Detritivorous omnivore (Ref. 132397).
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.
Grabowski, M. 2006 Rapid colonization of the Polish Baltic coast by an Atlantic palaemonid shrimp Palaemon elegans Rathke, 1837. Aquatic Invasions 1(3):116-123. (Ref. 2756)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fiskeri: kommersiell
| FishSource |
Verktyg
Ytterligare information
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet-källor
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 9.1 - 27.7, mean 18.6 (based on 1363 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
