Malacostraca | 
Decapoda | 
Benthesicymidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Bathypelagic; depth range 100 - 2300 m (Ref. 132).  Deep-water; 46°N -   38°S, 39°E -   125°W			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Southeast Atlantic and Indo-Pacific:  from African coasts to USA and Mexico.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Maximum depth from Ref. 99823. Temperate to subtropical climates (Ref. 321).  Diel vertical migrator (Ref. 61458).				
			
			
			
			
			
				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.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Longhurst, A.R. 1970 Crustacean Resources. FAO Fish. Tech. Pap. (97):252-305. (Ref. 132)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						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): 0.7 - 18.2, mean 11.5 (based on 78 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
						
						
			
									
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					Unknown.