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Zosimus aeneus   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Devil crab

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Wallis and Futuna Islands 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. 96667.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/wf.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: CRUSTA, 2012
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Xanthidae (stone and mud crabs)

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

Revassocierade; djupintervall 0 - 10 m (Ref. 96667).   Tropical

Utbredning Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Indo-Pacific: from East Africa to French Polynesia.

Length at first maturity / Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 10.0 cm CL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 128968)

Short description Morfologi

The carapace has protruding frontal borders which are divided into four lobes (first three are rounded and the fourth is tooth-like. The body is covered with eye-like chocolate brown spots and smooth, well-defined lobules. Both front pincers are of the same size, while the walking legs are fringed with long hairs (Ref. 128968).

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Adults occur in coral reefs, hidden under rocks during the day. Nocturnal (Ref. 128968). The shell and flesh of this species contain neosaxitoxin, saxitoxin, and tetrodotoxin (Ref. 107779, 128965) which have been proven to be fatal when ingested (Ref. 128965).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fecundity | Larver

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 referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

MarineSpecies.org. 2050. (Ref. 3477)

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


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Poisonous to eat (Ref. 107779)

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell
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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.6 - 29.3, mean 28.3 (based on 3236 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.