Common names from other countries
Classification / Names / Names
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS
Malacostraca >
Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) >
Lithodidae (stone and king crabs) > Lithodinae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 700 m (Ref. 2686). Subtropical, preferred 9°C (Ref. 107945); 34°S - 57°S, 77°W - 51°W
Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic: from Chile (Talcahuano to Cape Horn), Falkland Islands, Argentina and Uruguay. Subtropical and temperate.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?, range 6 - 7.5 cm Max length : 19.0 cm CL male/unsexed; (Ref. 93013); max. published weight: 8.0 kg (Ref. 93013)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Life cycle: Females begin molting in late November to early December. Fertilization occurs right after oviposition. Embryogenesis lasts 9-10 months. Larval hatching occurs between mid-September and October. Embryos develop into lecithotrophic or facultative larvae, which passes through three zoeal and one megalopal stages, and later metamorphoses to the first benthic crab stage. Mating behavior: A precopulatory embrace occurs between an old-shelled male and a recently molted female. Females carry 5500-60000 eggs (Ref. 93013).
Arana, P.M.E. and M.A. Retamal. 1999. (Ref. 2676)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Fisheries: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us
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More information
Age/SizeGrowthLength-weightLength-lengthMorphologyLarvaeAbundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 4.4 - 9.7, mean 6.4 (based on 330 cells).
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.15-0.22; tm=5).
Vulnerability
Moderate vulnerability (41 of 100).
