Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Portunidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Reef-associated; depth range 0 - 50 m (Ref. 125642). Tropical
Indo-Pacific: Red Sea, East Africa; to Japan, south to New Zealand; Hawaii.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 5.6 cm CW male/unsexed; (Ref. )
Intertidal (Ref. 76595) and subtidal (Ref. 106854). On sandflats or muddy-sandy substrates, to depths of 50 meters (Ref. 125642). Captures post-larval Homarus americanus (Ref. 116212). Omnivore (Ref. 116259).
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.
Walker, A.O. 1887. (Ref. 77883)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Price category
Unknown.