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Cancer borealis   Stimpson, 1859

Jonah crab

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Cancer borealis

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 Maine to South Tortugas, Florida (Ref. 367). C: Refs. 367, 78494, 114249, 114255, 114266, 101319.
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: Tavares, M., 2003
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Crabe boréal, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Cancridae (rock crabs)

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

; profondeur 0 - 800 m (Ref. 367).   Subtropical, preferred 11°C (Ref. 107945); 59°N - 20°N, 85°W - 52°W

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Atlantic: from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada to Dry Tortugas, Florida and Cuba.

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: Lm 8.8  range ? - ? cm Max length : 16.0 cm CW mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 101412); poids max. publié: 0.00 g

Description synthétique Morphologie

Carapace approximately 2/3 as long as wide, surface coarsely granulate; front (excluding inner orbital angles) with 3 teeth, middle one exceeding others and depressed (flattened dorsoventrally); anterolateral margins divided into 9 quadrangular lobes or teeth with margins minutely denticulate; notches between teeth continued on carapace as short, closed fissures. Pincers stout, nearly as long as second legs, carpus and hand with strong granulose rugae, upper margin of pincers denticulate, carpus with sharp inner dorsal spine. Color: red dorsally, yellow ventrally; back with 2 curved lines of yellowish spots and behind middle, a figure somewhat resembling letter H; legs mottled and reticulated with yellow and red, more or less purplish.

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. epibenthic)

Minimum depth from Ref. 97531.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

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

Référence principale Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

Tavares, M. 2003. (Ref. 367)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Non évalué 

statut CITES (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: commercial
FAO - pêcheries: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Outils

E-book | Guide de terrain

Sources Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(pêcheries: ; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Arbre de Vie | Wikipedia (Go, chercher) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 1.6 - 17.9, mean 6.4 (based on 149 cells).
Vulnérabilité (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): Very high.