Malacostraca | 
Decapoda | 
Pylochelidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic; depth range 385 - 581 m (Ref. 85191).  Deep-water			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Western Central Pacific:  Indonesia, Philippines and Solomon Islands.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Maximum depth possibly to 604 m (Ref. 85191). Typically inhabits hexactinellid sponges (Ref. 85191).				
			
			
			
			
			
				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.  				
			
			
			
			
			
				McLaughlin, P.A. and R. Lemaitre 2009 A new classification for the Polychelidae (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea) and descriptions of new taxa. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 20:159-231. (Ref. 85191)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
					  Harmless				
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
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						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 6.9 - 10.1, mean 8.9 (based on 46 cells).