Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Nephropidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 650 - 1115 m (Ref. 119191). Tropical; 22°N - 32°S, 32°E - 168°E (Ref. 4)
Southeast Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 3.9 cm CL male/unsexed; (Ref. 122061); 3.8 cm CL (female)
It has lengths of 1.5 to 3 cm (male) and 1.8 to 3.4 cm (female), carapace length including rostrum; 2.6 cm, smallest ovigerous female (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. (Ref. 4)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.