Malacostraca | 
Amphipoda | 
Ampeliscidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic; depth range 2 - 450 m (Ref. 110266).  Tropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Eastern Pacific and Western Atlantic:  Caribbean and USA.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Found from shallow inshore waters to 450 m depth over sandy coarse sediments (Ref. 87872).  Infaunal, found on the outer continental shelf (Ref. 110266).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
					Ovigerous females in summer (Ref. 87872).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Vittor, B.A. 2002 Gray's Reef benthic macroinvertebrate community assessment, April 2001. Final Report to NOAA under contract No. 50-DGNC-0-90024, NOAA NOS, Charleston, SC. (Ref. 3209)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 3 - 26, mean 9.6 (based on 242 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.