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Classification / Names / Names
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS
Malacostraca >
Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) >
Diogenidae (left-handed hermit crabs)
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Reef-associated; depth range 0 - 50 m (Ref. 96667). Tropical; 38°N - 36°S, 32°E - 134°W
Indo-Pacific: East Africa to Hawaii.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 101422); max. reported age: 30 years (Ref. 100471)
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).
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
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.
Barnes, D.K.A. and R.J. Arnold. 2001. (Ref. 2884)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 24.4 - 29, mean 28 (based on 1166 cells).
Price category
Unknown.