Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Sesarmidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic. Tropical; 3°S - 22°S, 43°E - 64°E
Indo-Pacific: Seychelles, Mauritius and Rodriguez. This is a species complex.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Found in estuarine or brackish waters (Ref. 106854). Descends from its burrow above high tide mark to feed on mangrove leaves which they took into their burrows (Ref. 114268).
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.
MarineSpecies.org. 2050. (Ref. 3477)
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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Tools
More information
Population dynamicsGrowth
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundance
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 26.9 - 29.3, mean 28.6 (based on 760 cells).