Malacostraca | 
Decapoda | 
Lithodidae | Lithodinae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range				
				
					Ekologi				
				
			
			
				;  djupintervall 0 - 100 m (Ref. 2679).  Deep-water, preferred 9°C (Ref. 107945); 26°S -   56°S, 76°W -   48°W			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic:  from Valdivia to Cape Horn, Chile, north to Santa Catarina, Brazil including Falkland Island.  Subtropical to temperate.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 11.5 cm CL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 93013); publicerad maxvikt: 1.5 kg (Ref. 93013)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Minimum depth from Ref. 2679. Juveniles are found attached to holdfasts of Macrocystis sp. providing them with mechanical shelter.  While adults are found in sheltered inshore waters with soft and hard bottoms (Ref. 87801).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
					In April, ovigerous females carry 1,540 to 8,200 eggs.  Larval hatching occurs in low daily numbers.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Macpherson, E. 1988 Revision of the family Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) in the Atlantic Ocean. Monogr. Zool. Scripta 17:69-75. (Ref. 2679)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Human uses  
			
			
				Fiskeri: kommersiell			
			
			
				FAO - fiskeri: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us			
			
			
			
			
			
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					Ytterligare information				
				
					 Population dynamicsTillväxt
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundans
  PhysiologySyreförbrukning
  Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
  
			 
			
			
			
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				Estimates based on models
			
			
			
									
						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 6.4 - 16.1, mean 10.7 (based on 298 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (10 of 100).					
				
						
							
					
						Climate Vulnerability  					
					
					High vulnerability (64 of 100).				
						
			
			
			
				Nutrients  :  Calcium = 109 [35, 184]  mg/100g; Iron = 1.59 [1.21, 1.97]  mg/100g; Protein = 20.2 [19.2, 21.3] %; Omega3 = 0.285 [0.185, 0.386]  g/100g; Selenium = 48.3 [-31.7, 128.3]  μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 1.79 [1.17, 2.40]  mg/100g (wet weight); based on 
nutrient studies.