Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Alpheidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Reef-associated; depth range 1 - 25 m (Ref. 79725). Tropical
Indo-Pacific: Eastern Africa to Japan, Australia and American Samoa.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.2 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 79725); common length : 0.1 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 79775)
Minimum depth from Ref. 96667.
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.
Anker, A. and M.-S. Jeng. 2007. (Ref. 79725)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Diet
Food consumption
Ration
Predators
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 24.4 - 29.3, mean 28 (based on 2346 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).