Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Οικολογία
βενθοπελαγικό; Υφάλμυρο; pH range: 9.0 - 36.0; εύρος βάθους 1 - 45 m (Ref. 128511). Subtropical; 48°N - 20°N, 19°W - 42°E
Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean, Black Sea and Red Sea.
Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 8.0 cm BL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 128511); common length : 6.5 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 4)
Rostrum ending in 3 teeth, the median long with a rounded apex ending in two spines; lateral teeth short, much shorter than half the median tooth, and separated from it by a deep groove. The median groove of the median tooth shallow. No spines on ventral surface of the rostrum. Anterolateral margin of the carapace with a small but distinct tooth at the level of the eye. First pereiopods subchelate. In the adult male the palm is distinctly widened at the base of the fixed finger, so that the height of the chela is only slightly less than the length. Movable finger with blunt tubercles on the cutting edge, but otherwise without tubercles, spines or ridges. Palm with 2 dorsal rows of spinules. Merus with a subdistal anterodorsal spine (Ref. 4).
It has a total body length of 4 to 6.5 cm (Ref. 4). It is found in intertidal and subtidal zones down to about 45 m, sometimes in estuarine areas. It makes simple Y-shaped burrows with 2 or more entrances in the mud or sandy mud (Ref. 4).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Αβγά | Γονιμότητα | Προνύμφες
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)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Human uses
αλιεία: παραδοσιακή αλιεία; δόλωμα: usually
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Εργαλεία
Διαδικτυακές πηγές
Estimates based on models
Price category
Unknown.
