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Thenus orientalis   (Lund, 1793)

Flathead lobster

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Thenus orientalis

Saudi Arabia 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 the eastern part (Ref. 801). C: Ref. 801.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sa.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Carpenter, K.E., F. Krupp, D.A. Jones and U. Zajonz, 1997
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Banagan, ... more

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

> Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Scyllaridae (slipper lobsters)

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

; rango de profundidad 8 - 100 m (Ref. 4), usually 10 - 50 m (Ref. 4).   Tropical, preferred 28°C (Ref. 107945); 36°N - 31°S, 30°E - 155°E (Ref. 4)

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

Indo-West Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 11 - ? cm Max length : 27.7 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 122432); 27.5 cm TL (female)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

It has lengths of 25 cm, maximum total body length; 8 cm, maximum carapace length (Ref. 4).

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

Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer (Ref. 833). Also Ref. 107577.

Main reference Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

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

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

Herramientas

E-book | Guía de campo

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): 25.4 - 29, mean 28.1 (based on 1518 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Moderate vulnerability (38 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): High.