Maja brachydactyla, Atlantic spinous spider crab : fisheries
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Maja brachydactyla   Balss, 1922

Atlantic spinous spider crab

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Maja brachydactyla  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classification / Noms Noms communs | Synonymes | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Majidae

Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution Écologie

Benthic; profondeur 0 - 80 m (Réf. 104052).  Temperate

Distribution Territories | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean: from the North Sea to Morocco and Bay of Biscay, extending southwards to Namibia including off lying islands.

Longueur à la première maturité / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturité: Lm 13.0  range ? - ? cm Max length : 22.0 cm CL mâle / non sexé; (Réf. 104052)

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. épibenthique)

Maximum depth from Ref. 115714. Juveniles about to reach maturity live in shallow waters from 10 to 15 m deep on rocky and sandy substrates (Ref. 115713). They are also found on sandy bottoms colonized by Zostera marina. During summer, adults live near the shore on rocky areas. In winter, they are spotted on rocky bottoms and heterogeneous coarse sediments in deep waters. Both juveniles and adults during summer are found on muddy sands with few rocks (Ref. 115714). Uses slow, small-scale, non-directional movements. Exhibiting ontogenetic movements, juveniles live at depth of 5 to 15 m; adults then migrate to deeper waters (>50 m), where they mate (Ref. 115713). Diet remains to be accurately described. Studies (i.e. direct field observations, laboratory experiments, and gut content analyses) have suggested the species to have an omnivorous diet based on consumption of prey commonly found in their habitat (Ref. 115714). In one study, however, it was considered a mobile carnivorous species (Ref. 96498). Research using stable isotopes indicate no differences between sexes in diet or habitat use patterns either in adults (Refs. 115714, 115744) or juveniles (Refs. 115713, 115714, 115744).

Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.

Référence principale Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

Le Pape, O., L. Baulier, A. Cloarec, J. Martin, F. Le Loc'h and Y. Désaunay 2007 Habitat suitability for juvenile common sole (Solea solea, L.) in the Bay of Biscay (France): a quantitative description using indicators based on epibenthic fauna. Journal of Sea Research 57:126-136. (Réf. 96498)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Réf. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Non évalué 

statut CITES (Réf. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Réf. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

  Harmless

Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: commercial
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Écologie trophique
Aliments (proies)
Composition du régime alimentaire
Consommation alimentaire
Prédateurs
Écologie
Dynamique des populations
Croissance
Âges / tailles maximales
Longueur-poids rel.
Rel. longueur-longueur.
Fréquences de longueurs
Conversion de masse
Abondance
Cycle de vie
Reproduction
Maturité
Fécondité
Frai
Œufs
Développement de l'œuf
Larves
Distribution
Territories
Zones FAO
Écosystèmes
Occurrences
Introductions
Physiologie
Consommation d'oxygène
Liées à l'homme
Timbres, pièces de monnaie, divers
Sensibilisation
Taxonomie
Références

Sources Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO - Publication: search | Fishipedia | GenBank (génôme, nucléotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Arbre de Vie | Wikipedia (aller à, chercher) | Zoological Record

Estimations basées sur des modèles

Résilience
(Ref. 69278):
Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Fec=300,000)
Vulnérabilité de la pêche
(Réf. 71543)
Low vulnerability (12 of 100).