Metaplax elegans, Orange signaller crab
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Metaplax elegans   de Man, 1888

Orange signaller crab

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

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Varunidae

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

Benthic; brackish; depth range 1 - 3 m (Ref. 107922).  Tropical; 27°N - 9°S, 78°E - 122°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.5 cm CW male/unsexed; (Ref. 107922)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Max length based on Ref. 107922; to be replaced with a better reference. In mudflats (Ref. 107922).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Sastranegara, M.H., H. Fermon and M. Mühlenberg 2003 Diversity and Abundance of Intertidal Crabs at the East Swamp Managed Area in Segara Anakan Cilacap, Central Java, Indonesia. Deutscher Tropentag, Göttingen. (Ref. 104837)

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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Estimates based on models

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

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