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Dardanus megistos   (Herbst, 1804)

Whitespotted hermit

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Guam country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: C: Ref. 106232, 106233.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/gq.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kropp, R.K., 1982
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Diogenidae (left-handed hermit crabs)

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

Récifal; profondeur 0 - 50 m (Ref. 96667).   Tropical; 38°N - 36°S, 32°E - 134°W

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-Pacific: East Africa to Hawaii.

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 20.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 101422); âge max. reporté: 30 années (Ref. 100471)

Description synthétique Morphologie

Spermatophore has a total length of 0.0016 cm, a stalk that is 0.0090 cm long and 0.0020 cm wide and an ampulla that is 0.0060 cm long and 0.0045 cm wide (Ref. 2889).

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. epibenthic)

Maximum depth from Ref. 85195. Intertidal to 50 m (Ref. 85195). Also occurs from littoral and subtidal zones (Ref. 2884); associated with coral reef, reef flats, rocky platform, rubble, sand (Ref. 81753), seagrass bed and algal mat (Ref. 106227). On coral heads in lagoons (Ref. 74671). Reported to feed on holothurians (Ref. 106232). Opportunistic omnivore (Ref. 100471).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.

Référence principale Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

Barnes, D.K.A. and R.J. Arnold. 2001. (Ref. 2884)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

  Non évalué 

statut CITES (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: commercial
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Noms communs
Synonymes
Prédateurs
Reproduction
Maturité
Frai
Fécondité
Œufs
Développement de l'œuf
Taille/Âge
Croissance
Longueur-poids
Longueur-longueur
Morphologie
Larves
Abondance
Références
Mass conversion

Sources Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Arbre de Vie | Wikipedia (Go, chercher) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.4 - 29, mean 28 (based on 1166 cells).
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): Unknown.