Palaemon xiphias   Risso, 1816

Posidonia prawn

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Palaemon xiphias

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Palaemonidae

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

Benthic.  Subtropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Central Atlantic and the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 6.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 104052)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs in shallow eel-grass meadows and is almost exclusively carnivorous (Ref. 82172).

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

Spawning period if from April to October. Maximum percentage of ovigerous females occur between late spring and early summer.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum. 2005. (Ref. 19)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 16.2 - 19.4, mean 18.2 (based on 54 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=1.57-1.92).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.