Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Leucosiidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 7 - 185 m (Ref. 107864). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: from South Africa and Red Sea to Philippines, Australia and Fiji.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 3.5 cm CW male/unsexed; (Ref. 125642)
Minimum depth from Ref. 107866. Found subtidal (Ref. 125642) on muddy sand and soft mud (Ref. 82576).
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.
Galil, B.S. and P.K.L. Ng. 2007. (Ref. 82538)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
Population dynamicsGrowthMax. ages / sizesLength-weight rel.Length-length rel.Length-frequenciesMass conversionAbundance Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 22.4 - 28.3, mean 26.9 (based on 948 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).