Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Nephropidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 470 - 1804 m, usually 900 - 1400 m. Tropical; 62°N - 26°S, 22°W - 14°E (Ref. 4)
Eastern Atlantic: Faroe Islands to Namibia.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 10.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4)
It has lengths of 10.3 cm, max. total length; 8 to 10 cm, ovigerous females (Ref. 39). Occurs at depths of 470 to 1804 but mostly between 900 and 1400 m with muddy bottom (Ref. 4).
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.
Holthuis, L.B. 1991 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 13. Marine lobsters of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(13):292p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 4)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: of potential interest
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Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
Population dynamicsGrowthMax. ages / sizesLength-weight rel.Length-length rel.Length-frequenciesMass conversionAbundance Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 3.7 - 7.9, mean 5 (based on 168 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
