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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 New England (Ref. 2727, 2763). C: Refs. 2727, 2763, 96186.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Lux, F.E., A.R. Ganz and W.F. Rathjen, 1982
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Geriocangrejo rojo, ... more

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

> Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Geryonidae (deepsea crabs)

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

; diepteverspreiding 0 - 2243 m (Ref. 104446). Temperate, preferred 22°C (Ref. 107945); 44°N - 23°N, 94°W - 62°W

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

Western Atlantic: From Emerald Bank, Nova Scotia, Canada, and the Gulf of Maine to the Mid-Atlantic Bight and the Gulf of Mexico.

Length at first maturity / Size / Gewicht / Leeftijd

Maturity: L_m ?, range 7 - 9.1 cm Max length : 18.0 cm CW mannelijk/geslacht niet bekend; (Ref. 96186); 13.6 cm CW (female)

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

Adult females do not mate every year. After mating, females carry fertilized eggs on their pleopods for up to 9 months until the larvae are released (Ref. 2765). Brood sizes range from 160,000 to 270,000 eggs, and fecundity increases with female body size (Ref. 2766).