Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Palinuridae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 370 - 841 m. Subtropical; 20°S - 41°S, 4°E - 178°W (Ref. 4)
Southeast Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 13.4 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 104052); 15 cm TL (female)
It has lengths of 13.4 cm (male) and 15 cm (female), maximum total length for E. African material; 6 cm, maximum carapace length for E. Africa for both sexes; 7 to 7.8 cm, carapace length of S. W. African females; 7 cm, carapace length from St. Paul Island; 6.9 to 8.2 (male) and 6.8 to 9.2 (female), carapace length from New Zealand (Ref. 4).
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.
Holthuis, L.B. 1991. (Ref. 4)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 6 - 11.7, mean 9.7 (based on 32 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).