Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Portunidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / εύρος βάθους / distribution range
Οικολογία
βενθοπελαγικό; εύρος βάθους 2 - 550 m (Αναφ. 101460), usually 5 - 55 m (Αναφ. 104089). Tropical; 36°N - 36°S, 98°W - 34°W
Western Atlantic Ocean. North Carolina to Florida and Gulf of Mexico, and the West Indies to Uruguay. Subtropical to tropical.
Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Weight / Age
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 4.3 cm CW αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Αναφ. 93549)
Carapace width range: 0.55 to 4.29 cm (Ref. 93549). Minimum depth range from Ref. 104089. Usually in deep waters (Ref. 101460). Benthopelagic (Ref. 97531). Lives in soft bottoms (Ref. 104231), in sand and mud bottoms (Ref. 104481). Also found among broken shells and corals (Ref. 104481). In general, portunid crabs are reported to be mainly carnivorous (Ref. 72665). Feeds on polychaetes (Ref. 104232).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Eggs | Γονιμότητα | 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.
Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum 2005 Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2005 Annual Checklist. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K. (Αναφ. 19)
IUCN Red List Status
(Αναφ. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Αναφ. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Εργαλεία
Περισσότερες πληροφορίες
Population dynamicsΑύξησηMax. ages / sizesLength-weight rel.Length-length rel.Length-frequenciesMass conversionΑφθονία Life cycleΑναπαραγωγήΓεννητική ΩρίμανσηΓονιμότηταΓεννοβολίαEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyΚατανάλωση οξυγόνου
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Διαδικτυακές πηγές
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 22.9 - 28, mean 26.3 (based on 612 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).