Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Hippolytidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 5 - 746 m (Ref. 87391). Temperate
Southern Oceans: Chile, Argentina and Falkland Islands.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Minimum depth from Ref. 87801. It is found on hard substrates like rocks and gravel but are also found on sandy bottoms and kelp holdfasts (Ref. 87801).
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.
Gorny, M. 1999. (Ref. 87391)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Age/Size
Growth
Length-weight
Length-length
Morphology
Larvae
Abundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 4.3 - 9.7, mean 6.1 (based on 258 cells).