Callinectes rathbunae, Sharptooth swimcrab : fisheries

Callinectes rathbunae   Contreras, 1930

Sharptooth swimcrab

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Classification / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Portunidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range पारिस्थितिकी

बेनथोपिलाजिक; खारा; गहराई सीमा 0 - 3 m (संदर्भ 97531).  Tropical

Distribution देश | ऐफ ऐ ओ क्षेत्र | Ecosystems | संयोग | भूमिका

Western Central Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico.

Length at first maturity / आकार / Weight / Age

परिपक्व अवधि: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 14.0 cm WD पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (संदर्भ 367); 15 cm WD (female)

Short description आकृति विज्ञान

Carapace twice as broad as long; 9 teeth on moderately arched anterolateral margin (including outer orbital tooth and strong lateral spine) acuminate with edges variably granulate; front (excluding inner orbital angles) bearing 4 acuminate teeth, inner pair narrower than outer. Marginal slopes of convex dorsal surface smooth and glistening (when wet), central part lightly and evenly granulate, transverse lines prominent. Pincers with sharp granulate ridges, fingers of major hand heavily toothed but not gaping; fifth leg flattened in form of paddles. Male with T-shaped abdomen reaching nearly to juncture between thoracic sternites 3 and 4; slender first pleopods sinuously curved, overlapping in proximal half, diverging distally with dorsolateral narrow band of large and small sharp retrogressive spinules. Color: green and blue with tints of red, orange, and purple; underparts white.

जीवविज्ञान     शब्द संग्रह (उदाहरणार्थ epibenthic)

Benthopelagic. Euryhaline (Ref. 97531). Inhabits estuarine waters of ditches, lagoons, and river mouths. Feeds on a variety of materials including mollusks, other bottom invertebrates, and some fishes, carrion and detritus (Ref. 367).

Life cycle and mating behavior परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | 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.

Main reference संदर्भ | संयोजक | सहयोगीयो

Tavares, M. 2003 True Crabs. pp. 327-352. In Carpenter, K.E. (ed.) The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Volume1: introdution, molluscs, crustaceans, hagfishes, sharks, batoid fishes, and chimaeras. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special PublicationNo. 5. Rome, FAO. pp. 1-600. (संदर्भ 367)

IUCN Red List Status (संदर्भ 130435: Version 2025-1)


CITES status (संदर्भ 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (संदर्भ 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

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साधन

अधिक जानकारी

Trophic Ecology
Food items (preys)
संघटक आहार
आहार खपत
परभक्षी
पारिस्थितिकी
Population dynamics
बाढ़
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
बहुतायत
Life cycle
पुनरुत्पत्ति
परिपक्व अवधि
Fecundity
मछलीऔ का अंडे देना
Eggs
Egg development
Larvae
Distribution
Physiology
Oxygen consumption

इंटरनेट स्रोत

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, खोज) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Fishing Vulnerability (संदर्भ 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (संदर्भ 80766): Very high.