Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Crangonidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; brackish; depth range 5 - 50 m (Ref. 346). Temperate; 62°N - 36°N, 155°W - 121°W
Eastern Pacific: Alaska to Central California.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 3.6  range ? - ? cm Max length : 6.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 101956); 8 cm TL (female)
Feeds on various crustaceans, polychaetes, mollusks and fish (Refs. 101967. 104050). Predators include seabirds and fish (Refs. 4420, 32651) (Ref. 346).
Protandry with primary females; some males reproduce and later change sex during fall and winter (Ref. 101941), repeat spawners with molting in between spawning (Ref. 101948, 101956). Eggs are carried under the abdomen in between the pleopods. Life cycle: Eggs hatch into free-swimming larval stages, and later develop into adult benthic form (Ref. 101956).
Williams, A.B., L.G. Abele, D.L. Felder, H.H. Hobbs Jr., R.B. Manning, P.A. McLaughlin and I. Pérez Farfante. 1988. (Ref. 2214)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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More information
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 6.8 - 11.9, mean 9.3 (based on 72 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).