New Zealand 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 the continental shelf around both North and South Islands as far east as Chatham Islands (Ref. 4); Bay of Plenty, Wairarapa, Chatham Rise, Auckland Island Shelf (Ref. 106910). C: Refs. 4, 106910.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.fish.govt.nz/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Holthuis, L.B., 1991
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Scampo australiano, ... more

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

Malacostraca > Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Nephropidae (clawed crabs)

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

Benthic; depth range 140 - 640 m (Ref. 4). Temperate; 6°C - 14°C (Ref. 128678), preferred 14°C (Ref. 107945); 33°S - 48°S, 166°E - 173°W (Ref. 4)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-west Pacific: New Zealand and Kermadec Island.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m 3.4 range ? - ? cm Max length : 25.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4); common length : 15.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4)

It has a total body length of 25 cm, mostly between 13 and 18 cm (Ref. 4).

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

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

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

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 03 December 2009

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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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 8.6 - 13.4, mean 10.9 (based on 30 cells).

Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (15 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): High.

Metanephrops challengeri (Balss, 1914)