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Portunus pelagicus   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Blue swimming crab

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

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: misidentification
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: M: Ref. 74480.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/eg.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Holthuis, L.B., 1987
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Alimango, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Populaire namen | Synoniemen | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Portunidae (swimming crabs)

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

Rifbewoner; brakwater; diepteverspreiding 0 - 65 m (Ref. 111223).   Tropical, preferred 26°C (Ref. 107945); 35°N - 15°S, 99°E - 137°E

Verspreiding Landen | FAO regio's | Ecosystems | Voorkomen | Introducties

Indo-West Pacific: from China, Japan and Korea to Philippines and westwards to the straits of Malaccca, also present in the Northern Territory, Australia. Tropical to subtropical.

Length at first maturity / Size / Gewicht / Leeftijd

Maturity: Lm 6.5, range 6 - ? cm Max length : 20.0 cm CW mannelijk/geslacht niet bekend; (Ref. 343)

Korte beschrijving Morfologie

Carapace rough to granulose, regions discernible; front with 4 acutely triangular teeth; 9 teeth on each anterolateral margin, the last tooth 2 to 4 times larger than preceding teeth. Chelae elongate in males; larger chela with conical tooth at base of fingers; pollex ridged. Color: males with blue markings, females dull green.

Biologie     Verklarende woordenlijst (b.v. epibenthic)

Matures at about 1 year. Collected mainly by artisanal traps, trawls, beach seines, cylindrical wire traps, folding traps, pots, hop nets, drop nets, and sunken crab gill nets. In shallow waters, it is caught using beach seines, rakes, and dab nets. Sold in local markets (fresh or frozen) and for the crab-flesh canning industry. Most widely sold in markets of Southeast Asia, including the Philippines (Ref. 343). Maximum depth from Ref. 801.

Life cycle and mating behavior Geslachtsrijpheid | Voortplanting | Kuitschieten | Eieren | Fecundity | Larven

Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.

Voornaamste referentie Referenties | Coördinator | Medewerkers

Ng, P.K.L. 1998. (Ref. 343)

Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Niet beoordeeld 

Status bij CITES (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Gevaarlijk voor mensen

  Poisonous to eat (Ref. 130554)

Gebruik door de mens

Visserij: van groot commercieel belang
FAO - Aquacultuur: production; Visserij: landings, soortsprofiel | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Tools

E-book | Veldgids

Internet-bronnen

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Visserij: soortsprofiel; publication : search) | GenBank (genoom, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (ga naar, zoek) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 18.1 - 29, mean 27.6 (based on 1324 cells).
Weerstandsvermogen (Ref. 69278) Hoog, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd minder dan 15 maanden (K=0.1-3.11).
Prior r = 1.19, 95% CL = 0.78 - 1.78, Based on 22 data-limited stock assessments.
Kwetsbaarheid (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Prijsklasse (Ref. 80766): Very high.