Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Polychelidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 300 - 4000 m (Ref. 98471). Tropical
Arctic, Indo-Pacific and Atlantic Ocean: Australia, New Caledonia and Canada.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 3.0 cm CL male/unsexed; (Ref. 79664); 4.94 cm CL (female)
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.
Richer de Forges, B., T.-Y. Chan, L. Corbari, R. Lemaitre, E. Macpherson, S.T. Ahyong and P.K.L. Ng. 2012. (Ref. 97366)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.