Liocarcinus pusillus, dwarf swimming crab
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Liocarcinus pusillus   (Leach, 1815)

dwarf swimming crab

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Liocarcinus pusillus  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Polybiidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 6 - 200 m (Ref. 113562), usually ? - 50 m (Ref. 113562).  Temperate

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Atlantic: Canary Is. and North Sea.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Intertidal to 200 m, on shelly gravel, gravel with stones, sandy bottom mixed with clay, and shell sand (Ref. 113562). Main food and feeding type based on another species from the same Genus (Ref. 96376).

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.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Jennings, S., J. Lancaster, A. Woolmer and J. Cotter 1999 Distribution, diversity and abundance of epibenthic fauna in the North Sea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK 79:385-399. (Ref. 3123)

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

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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