Malacostraca | 
Stomatopoda | 
Protosquillidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Reef-associated; depth range 0 - 100 m (Ref. 99185).  Tropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Western Central Pacific:  New Caledonia and Australia.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 3 cm TL (female)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
					Some members of the order Stomatopoda pair for life and some come together only to mate.  Males produce sperm ducts rather than spermatophores; females can brood a maximum of 50,000 eggs.  Life cycle:  Eggs hatch to a planktonic zoea which lasts for 3 months.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Ahyong, S.T. 2001 Revision of the Australian stomatopod Crustacea. Records of the Australian Museum (Suppl. 26):326 p. (Ref. 3099)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						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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				Estimates based on models
			
			
			
									
						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 25.1 - 27.2, mean 26.2 (based on 70 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (10 of 100).