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Lithodes maja   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Norway king crab
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Sweden country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Gullmarsfjord (Ref. 123347). C: Ref. 123347.
National Checklist: Sweden checklist - Fish
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sw.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Brown, A., S. Thatje, J.P. Morris, A. Oliphant, E.A. Morgan, C. Hauton, D.O.B. Jones and D.W. Pond, 2017
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Crabe royal de roche, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Malacostraca > Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Lithodidae (stone and king crabs) > Lithodinae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 4 - 1000 m (Ref. 123219).   Temperate; 80°N - 38°N, 75°W - 11°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Arctic and Northern Atlantic: from the border of Virginia and Maryland, north to Spitzbergen and east to Sweden.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum depth from Ref. 121573. Cold-water species on the outer continental shelf. Lives in sandy and clay bottoms (Ref. 123221). Main food based on genus (Ref. 96496).

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.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Garilao, N. 2014. (Ref. 96235)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses


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Price category (Ref. 80766): High.