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Paralithodes platypus   Brandt, 1850

Blue king crab

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Russian Federation country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Russian Far Eastern seas (Ref. 110584); from Koryak coast and Cape Gamova (Ref. 113898), from Gulf of Olyutorsk to Gulf of Anadyr (Ref. 110607). C: Refs. 110584, 110607.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Koblikov, V.N., O.Y. Borilko and S.S. Ponomaryov, 2010
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Blue king crab, ... more

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

Malacostraca > Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Lithodidae (stone and king crabs) > Lithodinae

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

Benthic; depth range 25 - 489 m (Ref. 101157).   Temperate, preferred 4°C (Ref. 107945); 66°N - 36°N, 131°E - 132°W

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Northern Pacific and the Arctic: Alaska, Russia and Japan. Temperate to polar.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 22.0 cm CW male/unsexed; (Ref. 110584); 16 cm CW (female); max. published weight: 4.5 kg (Ref. 110584); max. published weight: 4.5 kg

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Life cycle: The species undergoes four zoeal stages, molts into glaucothoe stage then to juvenile stage, and matures into adult stage. Mating behavior: Biennial reproduction, mating occurs in shallow waters (Ref. 110566). Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer (Ref. 833).

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum. 2005. (Ref. 19)

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

  Not Evaluated 

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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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 - 12.2, mean 3.5 (based on 64 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (12 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): High.