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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 Maine to South Tortugas, Florida (Ref. 367). C: Refs. 367, 78494, 114249, 114255, 114266, 101319.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Tavares, M., 2003
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Classification / Names / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

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

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

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

वितरण देश | ऐफ ऐ ओ क्षेत्र | Ecosystems | संयोग | भूमिका

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

Length at first maturity / आकार / वज़न / Age

Maturity: L_m 8.8 range ? - ? cm Max length : 16.0 cm CW पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 101412); अधिकतम प्रकाशित वज़न: 0.00 g

Short description आकृति विज्ञान

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.

Minimum depth from Ref. 97531.

Life cycle and mating behavior परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | अंडे | Fecundity | लार्वा

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