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Pleoticus robustus   (Smith, 1885)

Royal red shrimp

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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French Guiana country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Farfante, I.P., 1977
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: C: Refs. 7873, 75620; M: Ref. 115944.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/fg.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Abele, L.G. and W. Kim, 1986
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Royal red shrimp, ... more

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

Malacostraca > Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Solenoceridae (solenocerid shrimps)

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

Benthic; depth range 180 - 1850 m (Ref. 106153), usually 180 - 730 m (Ref. 101581).   Subtropical; 7°C - 13°C (Ref. 8), preferred 22°C (Ref. 107945); 41°N - 4°N, 98°W - 51°W (Ref. 115944)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Central Atlantic: USA to French Guiana. Tropical to temperate.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 18.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 98); 22.5 cm TL (female); common length : 13.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 98)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum carapace length: 4.2 cm (male); 6.15 cm (female; Ref. 86). Minimum depth from Ref. 106927. Lives in the continental shelf from depths of 180 to 730 m; abundant from depths of 250 to 475 m. Inhabits mud, sand, muddy sand, or white calcareous mud (Ref. 106927).

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

Holthuis, L.B. 1980. (Ref. 8)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Fisheries: landings | FIRMS (Stock assessments) | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Internet sources

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

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 8.4 - 18, mean 12 (based on 144 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278) High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.39).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low to moderate vulnerability (29 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.