Chaceon fenneri   (Manning & Holthuis, 1984)

Golden deepsea crab

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Geryonidae

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

Benthic; depth range 200 - 2002 m (Ref. 101759).  Deep-water; 7°C - 16°C; 38°N - 23°N, 88°W - 64°W

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Atlantic: South Atlantic Bight, the Gulf of Mexico and Bermuda.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 9 - 16.9 cm Max length : 19.0 cm CW male/unsexed; (Ref. 101836); max. published weight: 2.0 kg (Ref. 101836)

Short description Morphology

Carapace broader than long. Median pair of frontal teeth separated by a wide sinus, teeth scarcely overreaching obtuse lateral frontal teeth. Orbits usually more than 3/4 frontal width. Anterolateral teeth 5, second and fourth reduced, distance between first and third usually smaller than distance between third and fifth. Cheliped with blunt lobe on upper margin of merus, carpus lacking outer spine, propodus lacking distal dorsal spine. Meri of pereiopods lacking distal dorsal spine. Fifth leg: merus broad, less than 2/3 carapace width; propodus broad, length less than 4.5 times width; propodus and dactylus subequal in length, or dactylus slightly longer. Dactili of pereiopods compressed, narrow, height at midlength much greater than width. Color: tan to cream.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum depth from Ref. 97531

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

Life cycle: Eggs are incubated for approximately six months after which the larvae hatch. Mating behavior: Mating occurs immediately after the female's molting. Precopulatory behavior is characterized as the formation of a protective cage around the female by the male using its legs.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Tavares, M. 2003. (Ref. 367)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 6.5 - 14.5, mean 11.1 (based on 45 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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