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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

Classification / Names / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

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

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

; rango de profundidad 5 - 1218 m (Ref. 87391).   Deep-water; 31°S - 57°S, 76°W - 174°W

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Introducciones

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

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 7.5 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 101385)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Minimum depth from Ref. 78779. Commonly found on sand, mud and hard substrates in channels and less common in fjords, channels and open and exposed coasts (Ref. 87801). Mainly a detritivore or surface deposit-feeder; secondarily a predator and/or scavenger (Ref. 113340).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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 Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Macpherson, E. 2010. (Ref. 87468)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial
FAO - pesquerías: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Herramientas

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Nombres comunes
Sinónimos
Despredadores
Reproducción
Madurez
Puesta
Fecundidad
Huevos
Egg development
Age/Size
Crecimiento
Length-weight
Length-length
Morfología
Larva
Abundancia

Fuentes de Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(pesquerías: ; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Árbol de la vida | Wikipedia (Go, búsqueda) | Expediente Zoológico

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 1.6 - 11.2, mean 6.6 (based on 365 cells).