Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Scyllaridae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 10 - 135 m (Ref. 4). Tropical; 37°N - 35°S, 29°E - 150°W (Ref. 4)
Indo-Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 17.0 cm CL male/unsexed; (Ref. 122423); common length : 50.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4)
Minimum depth from Ref. 4. It has lengths of 50 cm, total body length; 4.5 and 17 cm, carapace length (Ref. 4). Fisheries: commercial (Ref. 91361). Known from depths between 10 and 135 m; probably in rocky bottom (Ref. 4).
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.
Holthuis, L.B. 1991. (Ref. 4)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
Population dynamicsGrowthMax. ages / sizesLength-weight rel.Length-length rel.Length-frequenciesMass conversionAbundance Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 17.4 - 28.3, mean 26.6 (based on 632 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).