Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Sergestidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Bathypelagic; depth range 180 - 4500 m (Ref. 80197). Subtropical; 76°N - 60°S, 180°W - 180°E
Indo-Pacific, Atlantic, Mediterranean, Arctic and Antarctic: from Juan Fernandez (Chile), Chatham Islands, off New Zealand, south of Australia, and west to Amsterdam Island and Prince Edward Islands; Eastern Atlantic from Greenland, Iceland, Faeroe Islands, Norway, United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Morocco, into the Mediterranean, south to Gabon, Angola and South Africa, including Canary Islands; Western Atlantic from Greenland, Canada, USA to Uruguay, Argentina, Chile in the Magellan Strait and Falkland Islands. Polar to tropical.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.4 cm CL male/unsexed; (Ref. 80197)
Maximum depth from Ref. 85542.
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.
Pérez Farfante, I. and B. Kensley. 1997. (Ref. 75620)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 2.2 - 13.4, mean 3.3 (based on 1046 cells).
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.7-0.8).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (13 of 100).