Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Homolidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 10 - 1212 m (Ref. 435), usually 80 - 350 m (Ref. 435). Temperate; 64°N - 36°S, 34°W - 29°E
Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean: from Morocco to Angola and off lying islands, northwards to Hebrides and Southwest Norway, also in Mediterranean as far as Greece.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 7.2 range ? - ? cm Max length : 21.5 cm CL male/unsexed; (Ref. 435)
Maximum depth from Ref. 106053. In bathyal oceanic communities (Ref. 96584). Occurs at depths from 10 to 1000 m, common at depths of 80 to 350 m (Ref. 435). Deep-water species, recorded down to 1212 m. Found in the shelf (Ref. 105470), upper and middle slope (Ref. 96584). where it is abundant in the latter (Ref. 96584). Prefers intermixed bathyal mud and emerging rocky substrates. Reported to be among cold-water coral community, specifically on coral mounds and coral habitats on muddy bottoms (Ref. 96584). Also found on seamounts (Ref. 122979). Carries a sponge on its back with its fifth pereiopods. Predator of benthic decapods (Ref. 96584) and an active scavenger (Refs. 96584, 106053).
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.
Fischer, W., G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.) 1981 True Crabs. 6: pag.var. In FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Eastern Central Atlantic (fishing areas 34, 47; in part). Canada Funds-in-Trust. Ottawa, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, by arrangement with the Food and AgriculturesOrganization of the United Nations, 1-7: pag.var. (Ref. 435)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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PhysiologyOxygen consumption
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 10 - 16.4, mean 13.3 (based on 388 cells).
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Fec=217,000).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (12 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
