Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Solenoceridae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 16 - 384 m (Ref. 83922). Tropical, preferred 25°C (Ref. 107945); 16°N - 7°S, 95°W - 78°W
Eastern Pacific: from Gulf of Tehuantepec, Mexico to Islas Lobos de Afuera, Peru.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 9.4  range ? - ? cm Max length : 11.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 128665); 15.35 cm TL (female)
Maximum carapace length: 5.4 cm (Ref. 8). Maximum length of male/unsexed from Ref. 106941. Lives around the external portion of the continental shelf down to 384 m. Deep water, preferring soft bottoms (Ref. 106941). Benthic species found in muddy and sandy bottoms (Ref. 83922).
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.
Holthuis, L.B. 1980. (Ref. 8)
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
Tools
More information
Age/SizeGrowthLength-weightLength-lengthMorphologyLarvaeAbundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 12.4 - 21, mean 15 (based on 67 cells).
Price category
Unknown.
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).