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Grimothea planipes   (Stimpson, 1860)

Pelagic red crab
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Grimothea planipes


Salvador [El] country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: C: Refs. 113934, 113939.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/es.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: FAO, 2003
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Munididae ()

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

Pelagico; distribuzione batimetrica 101 - 310 m (Ref. 101294).   Tropical, preferred 26°C (Ref. 107945); 42°N - 2°S, 125°W - 77°W

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

Eastern Pacific: USA to Ecuador.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 7.5 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 865)

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Size refers to body length (Ref. 865). Dominates micronektonic fauna in nearshore waters. Adults are found inshore during the first half of the year, then migrate offshore the second half of the year (Ref. 106931). Voracious omnivore (Ref. 114809). Feeds readily on fish in aquaria. Feeds on copepods. Pelagic phase feeds on phytoplankton and zooplankton via filter feeding (Ref. 113929).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

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 Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Gotshall, D.W. 2005. (Ref. 865)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Pesca: commerciale
FAO - pesca: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Strumenti

Informazioni ulteriori

Stati
Aree FAO
Ecosystems
Presenze
Introduzioni
Stocks
Ecologia
Dieta
Prede
Nomi Comuni
Sinonimi
Predatori
Riproduzione
Maturità
Deposizione
Fecundity
Uova
Egg development
Age/Size
Accrescimento
Length-weight
Length-length
Morfologia
Larve
Abbondanza

Fonti Internet

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

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 8.7 - 13.6, mean 12.1 (based on 17 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.