Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Majidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range
पारिस्थितिकी
; गहराई सीमा 50 - 400 m (संदर्भ 99853), usually 50 - 200 m (संदर्भ 99852). Subtropical
Northwest Pacific: Japan and Taiwan.
Length at first maturity / आकार / Weight / Age
परिपक्व अवधि: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 30.0 cm CW पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (संदर्भ 343); अधिकतम प्रकाशित वज़न: 13.6 kg (संदर्भ 99323)
Largest crab in the world. Leg span may measure up to 3.7 m and weight may exceed more than 13.6 kg (Ref. 99323).
Life cycle and mating behavior
परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Copulation is evident. Life cycle: first stage zoeal larvae moults in 9-12 days after hatching; second stage zoeae moults in 12-14 days after the first moulting, entering the megalopa stage.
Tanase, H. 1967 Preliminary notes on the zoea and megalopa of the giant spider crab, Macrocheira kaempferi de Haan. Publ. Seto Mar. Biol. Lab. XV(4):303-309. (संदर्भ 99852)
IUCN Red List Status
(संदर्भ 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (संदर्भ 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (संदर्भ 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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साधन
अधिक जानकारी
Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
संघटक आहार
आहार खपत
परभक्षी
Population dynamicsबाढ़Max. ages / sizesLength-weight rel.Length-length rel.Length-frequenciesMass conversionबहुतायत Life cycleपुनरुत्पत्तिपरिपक्व अवधिFecundityमछलीऔ का अंडे देनाEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
इंटरनेट स्रोत
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 9.8 - 23.2, mean 18.8 (based on 142 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (20 of 100).