Haliporoides triarthrus   Stebbing, 1914

Knife shrimp

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

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Solenoceridae

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

Benthic; depth range 180 - 800 m (Ref. 106893).  Tropical, preferred 21°C (Ref. 107945); 3°S - 36°S, 17°E - 48°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Southeast Atlantic and Western Indian Ocean: from Kenya and Madagascar to Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 3 - 5 cm Max length : 15.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 249); max. reported age: 3.00 years (Ref. 106893)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Deep sea. Lives in soft substrates composed of sticky mud with foraminiferous remains near the edge of continental shelf (Ref. 106893).

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.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Holthuis, L.B. 1980. (Ref. 8)

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: highly commercial
FAO - Fisheries: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Fisheries: ; publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 10 - 15.7, mean 12.9 (based on 38 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.3-1.3; tmax=3).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.
Nutrients: Calcium = 109 [35, 184] mg/100g; Iron = 1.59 [1.21, 1.97] mg/100g; Protein = 20.2 [19.2, 21.3] %; Omega3 = 0.285 [0.185, 0.386] g/100g; Selenium = 48.3 [-31.7, 128.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 1.79 [1.17, 2.40] mg/100g (wet weight).