Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Polybiidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 6 - 200 m (Ref. 113562), usually ? - 50 m (Ref. 113562). Temperate
Eastern Atlantic: Canary Is. and North Sea.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Intertidal to 200 m, on shelly gravel, gravel with stones, sandy bottom mixed with clay, and shell sand (Ref. 113562). Main food and feeding type based on another species from the same Genus (Ref. 96376).
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.
Jennings, S., J. Lancaster, A. Woolmer and J. Cotter. 1999. (Ref. 3123)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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