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Benthic; depth range 5 - 200 m (Ref. 4). Temperate, preferred 16°C (Ref. 107945); 28°S - 51°S, 114°E - 175°W (Ref. 111521)

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Indo-West Pacific: Australia, New Zealand and Chatham Island.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m 9.2, range 7 - ? cm Max length : 58.0 cm BL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4); 43 cm BL (female)

Maximum carapace length of 23.5 cm (male) and 18 cm (female); and minimum legal carapace length of 10 cm (male) and 9 cm (female). Soft shelled specimens are occasionally caught in December and January (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 (Ref. 833). Mating and egg-laying occurs from May to July after the moult of the female; hatching between July and December of even later (Ref. 4).

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Holthuis, L.B. 1991. (Ref. 4)

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

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 03 December 2009

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Fisheries: commercial
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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 9 - 17.6, mean 14.2 (based on 70 cells).

Prior r = 0.52, 95% CL = 0.34 - 0.78, Based on 5 data-limited stock assessments.

Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Moderate vulnerability (43 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.

Nutrients : Calcium = 109 [35, 184] mg/100g; Iron = 1.59 [1.21, 1.97] mg/100g; Protein = 20.2 [19.2, 21.3] %; Omega3 = 0.285 [0.185, 0.386] g/100g; Selenium = 48.3 [-31.7, 128.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 1.79 [1.17, 2.40] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.

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