Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Macrophthalmidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; brackish; depth range 0 - 1 m (Ref. 98805). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Intertidal on sandy and especially muddy beaches (Ref. 801), and mudflats (Ref. 128960), in eulitorral to low tide zone. Lives in burrows; emerges at low tide to deposit feed on surface (Ref. 801). Members of the family Ocypodidae are typical deposit feeders (Refs. 108430, 128960).
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.
Legall, N. and J. Poupin. 2015. (Ref. 100230)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Age/SizeGrowthLength-weightLength-lengthMorphologyLarvaeAbundance
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 25 - 28.9, mean 27.6 (based on 903 cells).