Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Geryonidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 102 - 1025 m (Ref. 101895). Deep-water; 1°S - 40°S, 16°E - 51°E
Western Indian Ocean and Southeast Atlantic: off Mozambique, southern Madagascar and eastern South Africa, extending up to Cape Columbine in the Atlantic.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?, range 8 - 8.8 cm
Minimum depth from Ref. 104443. Deep-water crab occurring at depths of 200 to 1025 m (Ref. 101895).
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.
Groeneveld, J.C., B.I. Everett, S.T. Fennessy, S.P. Kirkman, J. Santos and W.D. Robertson. 2013. (Ref. 101895)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 8.7 - 15.9, mean 12.3 (based on 57 cells).
Price category
Unknown.