Heterocarpus reedi, Chilean nylon shrimp : fisheries
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Heterocarpus reedi   Bahamonde, 1955

Chilean nylon shrimp

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Heterocarpus reedi  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Pandalidae

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

Benthic; depth range 155 - 424 m (Ref. 8).  Subtropical, preferred 14°C (Ref. 107945); 25°S - 39°S (Ref. 8)

Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Southeast Pacific: Chile.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 2.5  range ? - ? cm Max length : 3.4 cm CL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8); 3.9 cm CL (female)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Prefers clay, mud or sandy mud bottoms (Ref. 8).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

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

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Holthuis, L.B. 1980 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 1. Shrimps and prawns of the world. An annotated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(1):271 p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 8)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Fisheries: species profile, landings search; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO - Fisheries: species profile, landings search; Publication: search | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Resilience
(Ref. 69278):		 Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.14-0.2)
Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 71543)		 Moderate vulnerability (37 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability
(Ref. 125649)		 High vulnerability (61 of 100)
Price category
(Ref. 80766):		 Very high.
Nutrients
 Calcium = 109 [35, 184] mg/100g; Iron = 1.59 [1.21, 1.97] mg/100g; Protein = 20.2 [19.2, 21.3] %; Omega3 = 0.285 [0.185, 0.386] g/100g; Selenium = 48.3 [-31.7, 128.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 1.79 [1.17, 2.40] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.