Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Nephropidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 300 - 1200 m. Tropical; 28°N - 33°S, 117°W - 90°W (Ref. 4)
Eastern Pacific: Mexico to Chile. It was pointed out that the records from the Galapagos and Marion Islands are erroneous (Ref. 106).
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 13.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 122061)
It has lengths of 5 to 13 cm, total length; 3 cm, carapace length; It was said that a published record giving the maximum length as 25 cm is clearly erroneous (Ref. 4).
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.
Holthuis, L.B. 1991. (Ref. 4)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: of potential interest
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Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 3.8 - 5.8, mean 4.4 (based on 25 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.