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Limulus polyphemus   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Horseshoe crab

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names / Names Nomes comuns | Sinônimos | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Xiphosura (Horseshoe crabs) > Limulidae ()

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

; intervalo de profundidade 3 - 11 m (Ref. 76).   Tropical, preferred 24°C (Ref. 107945)

Distribuição Países | Áreas FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Introduções

Western Atlantic: from Maine, USA to Mexico.

Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 60.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 82); Peso máx. publicado: 1.8 kg (Ref. 82); Idade máx. registada: 20 anos (Ref. 99652)

Biologia     Glossário (p.ex. epibenthic)

The males are approximately 1/3 the size of the females (sexual dimorphism) (Ref. 83).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas

They reproduce with the use of the first pair of the six, flap-like appendages on the underside of the abdomen acts as a cover for the genital pore. The egg or sperm are released through this pore during spawning (Ref. 75). These eggs are fertilized by sperm released by an attached male and by one or more satellite males that typically congregate around the nesting pair (Ref. 81). While nesting, females bury themselves in the sediment near the water's edge and lay a series of discrete egg clusters, each containing 2,000-20,000 eggs (Ref. 80).

Referência principal Referências | Coordenador | Colaboradores

Lee, C.N. and B. Morton. 2005. (Ref. 1131)

Status na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Vulnerável, ver Livro Vermelho da IUCN (VU) (A3bd); Date assessed: 17 February 2016

Status no CITES (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Perigo para os humanos

  Harmless

Uso pelos humanos

Pescarias: espécies comerciais
FAO - pescarias: landings | FIRMS (Stock assessments) | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Nomes comuns
Sinônimos
Predadores
Reprodução
Maturidade
Desova
Fecundidade
Ovos
Desenvolvimento dos ovos
Idade/Tamanho
Crescimento
Comprimento-peso
Comprimento-comprimento
Morfologia
Larvas
Abundância
Referências
Mass conversion

Fontes da internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(pescarias: ; publication : search) | GenBank (genoma, nucleotídeo) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Árvore da vida | Wikipedia (Ir para, procura) | Registro zoológico

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 12.5 - 28, mean 26.7 (based on 417 cells).
Vulnerabilidade (Ref. 71543): High to very high vulnerability (66 of 100).
Categoria de preço (Ref. 80766): Low.