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Chaceon quinquedens   (Smith, 1879)

Red crab

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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United States (contiguous states) country information

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

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

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

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

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

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 / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 7 - 9.1 cm Max length : 18.0 cm CW macho / no sexado; (Ref. 96186); 13.6 cm CW (female)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

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

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).

Main reference Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Abellán, L.J.L., E. Balguerías and V. Fernández-Vergaz. 2002. (Ref. 2677)

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

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial
FAO - 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): 3.8 - 12.9, mean 6.4 (based on 34 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.