Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Lithodidae | Lithodinae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 100 m (Ref. 2679). Deep-water, preferred 9°C (Ref. 107945); 26°S - 56°S, 76°W - 48°W
Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic: from Valdivia to Cape Horn, Chile, north to Santa Catarina, Brazil including Falkland Island. Subtropical to temperate.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 11.5 cm CL male/unsexed; (Ref. 93013); max. published weight: 1.5 kg (Ref. 93013)
Minimum depth from Ref. 2679. Juveniles are found attached to holdfasts of Macrocystis sp. providing them with mechanical shelter. While adults are found in sheltered inshore waters with soft and hard bottoms (Ref. 87801).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
In April, ovigerous females carry 1,540 to 8,200 eggs. Larval hatching occurs in low daily numbers.
Macpherson, E. 1988. (Ref. 2679)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Fisheries: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us
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Age/Size
Growth
Length-weight
Length-length
Morphology
Larvae
Abundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 6.4 - 16.1, mean 10.7 (based on 298 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients: Calcium = 109 [35, 184] mg/100g; Iron = 1.59 [1.21, 1.97] mg/100g; Protein = 20.2 [19.2, 21.3] %; Omega3 = 0.285 [0.185, 0.386] g/100g; Selenium = 48.3 [-31.7, 128.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 1.79 [1.17, 2.40] mg/100g (wet weight).