Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
Récifal; profondeur 0 - 5 m (Ref. 96667). Tropical
Distribution
Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Introductions
Indo-Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 10.0 cm CW mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 128968); poids max. publié: 100.00 g (Ref. 128968)
Description synthétique
Morphologie
The carapace is bright orange in color with mosaic patterns. The walking legs have small hairs in their border (Ref. 128968)
Adults live along coral areas (Ref. 128968). This species is known to be one of the most poisonous crabs in the world. Its neurotoxin does not get denatured by heat even when cooked. It acquires the poisonous neurotoxin from its food, including a poisonous sea cucumber (Ref. 85383). Intertidal (Ref. 106854). Inhabits littoral and sublittoral areas with rocky and coral rubble substrates, and coral reefs (Ref. 85383).
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.
Yeo, D.C.J., T. Swee Hee and P.K.L. Ng. 2008. (Ref. 85383)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
statut CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Menace pour l'homme
Poisonous to eat (Ref. 85383)
Utilisations par l'homme
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Outils
Sources Internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 22.8 - 29.3, mean 28.5 (based on 2762 cells).