Common names from other countries
Classification / Names / Names
Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 2 m (Ref. 367). Tropical; 30°N - 29°S, 98°W - 34°W
Western Atlantic: From USA, the Gulf of Mexico, the Antilles, throughout the Caribbean and Brazil.
Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm 5.3 range ? - ? cm Max length : 15.0 cm CW maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 82656)
Carapace broadly egg-shaped, narrow posteriorly and greatly inflated anterolaterally in adults; lateral margins not sharply defines; fronto-orbital distance (space between outer orbital angles) about 2/3 of maximum carapace width in adult males, nearly 3/4 in females. Pincers distinctly unequal, relatively smooth; fingers meeting only at tips, more gaping in larger hand, size of larger hand increasing disproportionately with age, especially in males. Walking legs sparsely hairy on margins, dactyls with 4 rows of spines. Color: juveniles dark brown; transitional stage dark purple and orange; adults lavender blue, females change to white or dull yellow at time of ovulation (once attained, color remains through autumn and winter in Florida population); males sometimes undergo less frequent and usually incomplete color changes.
Adults are terrestrial and can live as far as 5 miles away from the shore. They only return to the sea to drink and breed (Ref. 82656).
Reproductive activity peaks during full moons in summer (Ref. 82656).
Tavares, M. 2003. (Ref. 367)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Human uses
Pesca: commerciale
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Strumenti
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 25.3 - 28.3, mean 27.4 (based on 395 cells).
Resilienza
Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (K=0.13-0.19).
Prior r = 1.05, 95% CL = 0.69 - 1.58, Based on 1 data-limited stock assessment.
Vulnerability
Low to moderate vulnerability (32 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
