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Palinurus elephas   (Fabricius, 1787)

Common spiny lobster

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Palinurus elephas

Cyprus 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: M: Ref. 74504.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cy.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Holthuis, L.B., 1987
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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Classification / Names / Names Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Palinuridae (spiny lobsters)

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

; tiefenbereich 5 - 200 m (Ref. 85369), usually 10 - 70 m (Ref. 4).   Subtropical; 12°C - 16°C (Ref. 114562), preferred 11°C (Ref. 107945); 61°N - 27°N, 32°W - 36°E (Ref. 114562)

Verbreitung Länder | FAO Gebiete | Ecosystems | Vorkommen | Einführungen

Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean: from Norway to Morocco. Subtropical to temperate.

Length at first maturity / Size / Gewicht / Alter

Maturity: Lm 10.0, range 7 - 8 cm Max length : 50.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 441); common length : 40.0 cm BASL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 441); max. veröff. Alter: 15 Jahre (Ref. 85318)

Biologie     Fachlexikon (Englisch) (z.B. epibenthic)

Traditionally caught by traps, pots and sometimes by hand (e.g., diving and spearing; Refs. 441, 85369), but these gears were eventually replaced with trammel nets (Ref. 85369). Minimum depth from Ref. 4.

Life cycle and mating behavior Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fecundity | Larven

Breeds once a year between June and October. Larger females mate and lay eggs earlier during breeding season while smaller females spawn towards the end (Ref. 85364).

Hauptreferenz Referenzen | Koordinator | Partner

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

IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  gefährdet, siehe IUCN Red List (VU) (A2bd); Date assessed: 26 September 2013

CITES Status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Nutzung durch Menschen

Fischereien: kommerziell
FAO - Fischereien: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Tools

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Internet Quellen

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Fischereien: ; publication : search) | GenBank (Genom, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Gehe zu, Suchen) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 7.7 - 19.6, mean 11.9 (based on 808 cells).
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref. 69278) mittel, Verdopplung der Population dauert 1,4 - 4,4 Jahre. (K=0.13-0.21; tm=4; tmax=15).
Prior r = 0.22, 95% CL = 0.14 - 0.33, Based on 4 data-limited stock assessments.
Verwundbarkeit (Ref. 71543): Moderate to high vulnerability (54 of 100).
Preiskategorie (Ref. 80766): Very high.