Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Sesarmidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 1 - 3 m (Ref. 107329). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Intertidal to subtidal (Ref. 106854). Occurs in fresh water zone. Found on the mangroves Rhizophora and Avicennia as well as among oysters (Ref. 107330). Also found in sheltered rocky shores, in rock crevices and old oyster shells (Ref. 125338). Part of fouling communities found in mariculture zones (Ref. 127121).
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.
Coles, S.L., R.C. DeFelice, L.G. Eldredge and J.T. Carlton. 1999. (Ref. 3356)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Age/Size
Growth
Length-weight
Length-length
Morphology
Larvae
Abundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 28 - 29.3, mean 28.9 (based on 870 cells).
Price category
Unknown.