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Aratus pisonii   (Milne-Edwards, 1837)

Mangrove tree crab

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Aratus pisonii  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Colombia country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from del Rio Dagua (Ref. 105884), and Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta (Ref. 105889). C: Refs. 105884, 105889.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/co.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Romero, I.C., J.R.K. Cantera and E.J.S. Peña, 2006
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Cangrejo de los manglares, ... more

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

Malacostraca > Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Sesarmidae (sesarmid mangrove crabs)

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

Benthic; brackish; depth range 0 - 2 m (Ref. 97531).   Tropical; 30°N - 28°S, 114°W - 34°W

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Pacific and Western Atlantic: Eastern Florida, to southern Gulf of Mexico, Antilles to Brazil, and in the eastern Pacific from Gulf of California, Mexico, to Peru.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 2.7 cm CW male/unsexed; (Ref. 111236); 2.46 cm CW (female)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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

Bright, T.J. 2010. (Ref. 85586)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(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): 25.5 - 28.4, mean 27.3 (based on 289 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.