Malacostraca | 
Decapoda | 
Munididae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic; depth range 50 - 900 m (Ref. 356).  Subtropical, preferred 15°C (Ref. 107945); 16°N -   44°S, 109°W -   71°W			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Eastern Pacific:  from Easter Island to Gulf of Tehuantepec, Mexico, south to Chiloe Island, Chile.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm 2.7  range ? - ? cm Max length : 8.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 356)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Maximum depth from Ref. 113941. Bentho-demersal.  Preyed upon by hake, sharks, mackerel, jack mackerel, cachema, catfish, anchoveta, deep-sea lions, and seabirds  (Ref. 106929).  Mean trophic level: 3.20 (Ref. 114779).  Reported to feed on plankton (Ref. 106929), detritus, polychaetes and amphipods (Ref. 113935).				
			
			
			
			
			
				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.  				
			
			
			
			
			
				SAUP Database 2006 SAUP Database. www.seaaroundus.org. (Ref. 356)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						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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				Estimates based on models
			
			
			
									
						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 10.6 - 15, mean 13.4 (based on 40 cells).			
 
			
			
			
							
					Resilience  				
				
				
					Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.18-0.38).				
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low to moderate vulnerability (33 of 100).					
				
						
							
					
						Climate Vulnerability  					
					
					Moderate vulnerability (42 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.