Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Sergestidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Bathypelagic; depth range 100 - 5000 m (Ref. 79146). Subtropical; 75°N - 7°S, 98°W - 36°E
Atlantic, Eastern Gulf of Mexico and the Mediterranean: Norway to Faeroe, to Cape Verde and Angola and Mediterranean, Nova Scotia to the Gulf of Mexico and the Antilles.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Minimum depth from Ref. 97531. Exhibits diel vertical migration (Ref. 106104). Carnivores on macrozooplankton-micronekton (Ref. 106105).
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.
Pérez Farfante, I. and B. Kensley. 1997. (Ref. 75620)
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): 3.3 - 13.6, mean 4.4 (based on 943 cells).
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.64).