Nephropsis occidentalis   Faxon, 1893

Pacific lobsterette

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Nephropidae

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

Benthic; depth range 300 - 1200 m.  Tropical; 28°N - 33°S, 117°W - 90°W (Ref. 4)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Pacific: Mexico to Chile. It was pointed out that the records from the Galapagos and Marion Islands are erroneous (Ref. 106).

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 13.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 122061)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

It has lengths of 5 to 13 cm, total length; 3 cm, carapace length; It was said that a published record giving the maximum length as 25 cm is clearly erroneous (Ref. 4). Occurs at depths of 300 to 1200 m with muddy or sandy bottom (Ref. 4).

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. 1991. (Ref. 4)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 03 December 2009

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: of potential interest
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Internet sources

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, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 3.8 - 5.8, mean 4.4 (based on 25 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.