Common names from other countries  
				
							
			
		
		
			
			Malacostraca | 
Decapoda | 
Solenoceridae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic; depth range 16 - 384 m (Ref. 83922).  Tropical, preferred 25°C (Ref. 107945); 16°N -   7°S, 95°W -   78°W			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Eastern Pacific:  from Gulf of Tehuantepec, Mexico to Islas Lobos de Afuera, Peru.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm 9.4  range ? - ? cm Max length : 11.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 128665); 15.35 cm TL (female)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Maximum carapace length:  5.4 cm (Ref. 8).  Maximum length of male/unsexed from Ref. 106941. Lives around the external portion of the continental shelf down to 384 m.  Deep water, preferring soft bottoms (Ref. 106941).  Benthic species found in muddy and sandy bottoms (Ref. 83922).				
			
			
			
			
			
				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. 1980.  (Ref. 8)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Human uses  
			
			
				Fisheries: commercial			
			
			
				FAO - Fisheries: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us			
			
			
			
			
			
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				Estimates based on models
			
			
			
									
						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 12.4 - 21, mean 15 (based on 67 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (10 of 100).					
				
						
							
					
						Climate Vulnerability  					
					
					High to very high vulnerability (71 of 100).				
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.			
			
			
				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); based on 
nutrient studies.