Malacostraca | 
Decapoda | 
Penaeidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic; depth range 0 - 125 m (Ref. 109222), usually 0 - 68 m (Ref. 8).  Subtropical; 8°C - 22°C (Ref. 8), preferred 15°C (Ref. 107945); 23°S -   43°S, 65°W -   41°W (Ref. 8)			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Southwest Atlantic:  East coast of South America from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (23°S) to Puerto de Rawson, Argentina (43°S).
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm 2.8, range 1 - ? cm Max length : 10.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 130); 15.2 cm TL (female)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Demersal-benthic (Ref. 114628).  In sandy or muddy substrates (Ref. 109222).				
			
			
			
			
			
				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.  				
			
			
			
			
			
				Boschi, E.E. 1969 Estudio biológico pesquero del camarón Artemisia longinaris Bate de Mar del Plata. Bol. Inst. Biol. Mar. Mar del Plata (18):1-47. (Ref. 130)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Human uses  
			
			
				Fisheries: minor commercial			
			
			
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						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 10.5 - 22.5, mean 14.7 (based on 236 cells).			
 
			
			
			
							
					Resilience  				
				
				
					Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.08-0.69; tm=0.33).				
			
			
							
					 Prior r = 0.52, 95% CL = 0.34 - 0.78, Based on 1 data-limited stock assessment.				
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low to moderate vulnerability (26 of 100).					
				
						
							
					
						Climate Vulnerability  					
					
					High vulnerability (57 of 100).				
						
			
			
			
				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.