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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Maranhao State to Bahia State (Ref. 4). C: Refs. 4, 118519.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Pinheiro, M. and H. Boos, 2016
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Brazilian slipper lobster, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Malacostraca > Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Scyllaridae (slipper lobsters)

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

Benthic; depth range 3 - 475 m (Ref. 106834). Tropical; 2°S - 14°S, 44°W - 34°W (Ref. 4)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Atlantic: Brazil and Dominica.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4)

It has lengths of 20 cm, total body length; 7.5 to 10 cm, carapace length (Ref. 4). Found in sandy substrates, mud, gravel, rock and calcareous algae (Ref. 106834). Nocturnal. Feeds mainly on bivalves at night (Ref. 98471).

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.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

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

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

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

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.

Scyllarides brasiliensis Rathbun, 1906