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Munida gregaria   (Fabricius, 1793)

Swarming squat lobster

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 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: C: Ref. 87391.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/fa.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Gorny, M., 1999
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Channel squat lobsters, ... more

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

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

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

Benthic; depth range 5 - 1218 m (Ref. 87391).   Deep-water; 31°S - 57°S, 76°W - 174°W

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Southern Oceans: Known from southern South America (Argentina and Chile), New Zealand and Australia. Subtropical to polar.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 7.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 101385)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Minimum depth from Ref. 78779.

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

Macpherson, E. 2010. (Ref. 87468)

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

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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): 1.6 - 11.2, mean 6.6 (based on 365 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).