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Paralomis granulosa   (Jacquinot, 1847)

Softshell red crab

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Argentina country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Beagle Channel (Refs. 3375, 89981, 93013), and Strait of Magellan (Ref. 92995). C: Refs. 3212, 87391, 87801, 92995, 93013, 78676; O: Refs. 3375, 89981.
National Checklist: Argentina
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ar.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Boschi, E.E., C.E. Fishbach and M.I. Iorio, 1992
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Centollón, ... more

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

Malacostraca > Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Lithodidae (stone and king crabs) > Lithodinae

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

Benthic; depth range 0 - 100 m (Ref. 2679).   Deep-water, preferred 9°C (Ref. 107945); 26°S - 56°S, 76°W - 48°W

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic: from Valdivia to Cape Horn, Chile, north to Santa Catarina, Brazil including Falkland Island. Subtropical to temperate.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 11.5 cm CL male/unsexed; (Ref. 93013); max. published weight: 1.5 kg (Ref. 93013)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Minimum depth from Ref. 2679.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

In April, ovigerous females carry 1,540 to 8,200 eggs. Larval hatching occurs in low daily numbers.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Macpherson, E. 1988. (Ref. 2679)

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

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Fisheries: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Fisheries: ; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 6.4 - 16.1, mean 10.7 (based on 298 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): High.