Lophozozymus pictor, Mosaic reef crab

Lophozozymus pictor   (Fabricius, 1798)

Mosaic reef crab

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Xanthidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range पारिस्थितिकी

प्रवाल-भित्ति संयुक्त; गहराई सीमा 0 - 5 m (संदर्भ 96667).  Tropical

Distribution देश | ऐफ ऐ ओ क्षेत्र | Ecosystems | संयोग | भूमिका

Indo-Pacific.

Length at first maturity / आकार / Weight / Age

परिपक्व अवधि: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 10.0 cm CW पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (संदर्भ 128968); अधिकतम प्रकाशित वज़न: 100.00 g (संदर्भ 128968)

Short description आकृति विज्ञान

The carapace is bright orange in color with mosaic patterns. The walking legs have small hairs in their border (Ref. 128968)

जीवविज्ञान     शब्द संग्रह (उदाहरणार्थ epibenthic)

Adults live along coral areas (Ref. 128968). This species is known to be one of the most poisonous crabs in the world. Its neurotoxin does not get denatured by heat even when cooked. It acquires the poisonous neurotoxin from its food, including a poisonous sea cucumber (Ref. 85383). Intertidal (Ref. 106854). Inhabits littoral and sublittoral areas with rocky and coral rubble substrates, and coral reefs (Ref. 85383).

Life cycle and mating behavior परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | 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.

Main reference संदर्भ | संयोजक | सहयोगीयो

Yeo, D.C.J., T. Swee Hee and P.K.L. Ng. 2008. (संदर्भ 85383)

IUCN Red List Status (संदर्भ 130435: Version 2024-2)


CITES status (संदर्भ 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (संदर्भ 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Poisonous to eat (संदर्भ 85383)

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साधन

अधिक जानकारी

Trophic Ecology
Food items (preys)
संघटक आहार
आहार खपत
परभक्षी
पारिस्थितिकी
Population dynamics
बाढ़
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
बहुतायत
Life cycle
पुनरुत्पत्ति
परिपक्व अवधि
Fecundity
मछलीऔ का अंडे देना
Eggs
Egg development
Larvae
Distribution
Physiology
Oxygen consumption

इंटरनेट स्रोत

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, खोज) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 22.8 - 29.3, mean 28.5 (based on 2762 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (संदर्भ 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).