Lysiosquilla hoevenii, Lizard mantis
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Lysiosquilla hoevenii   (Herklots, 1851)

Lizard mantis

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Stomatopoda | Lysiosquillidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

; djupintervall 0 - 30 m (Ref. 436).  Tropical

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Off West Africa, from the Cape Verde Islands; Senegal to Angola.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 27.0 cm BL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 417); common length : 20.0 cm BL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 436)

Short description Morfologi

A moderately large to very large stomatopod. Body conspicuously flattened, smooth, lacking ridges or spines except for the tail region; 6th abdominal segment and telson; which is prickly with small bumps or tubercles. Telson with a raised, elongate boss medially, but without a median ridge. Rostral plate broader than long, with a low median crest on its anterior third. Claws very large, often longer than carapace and armed with 10 to 12 sharp spines on the terminal segment. Color: marked with light and dark cross bands (Ref. 436).

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Found in shallow water (Ref. 436).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Some members of the order Stomatopoda pair for life and some come together only to mate. Males produce sperm ducts rather than spermatophores; females can brood a maximum of 50,000 eggs. Life cycle: Eggs hatch to a planktonic zoea which lasts for 3 months.

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Schneider, W. 1990 FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the commercial marine resources of the Gulf of Guinea. Prepared and published with the support of the FAO Regional Office for Africa. Rome: FAO. 268 p. (Ref. 417)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

Human uses


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Ekologi
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Life cycle
Reproduktion
Könsmognad
Fecundity
Lek
Eggs
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Larvae
Distribution
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Ekosystem
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Internet-källor

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (17 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.