Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Geryonidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 120 - 1000 m (Ref. 106413). Deep-water; 31°S - 55°S, 69°W - 49°W
Southwest Atlantic: from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil to 55°S in the Atlantic Magellan Province.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 7.0, range 9 - ? cm Max length : 13.5 cm CW male/unsexed; (Ref. 2689)
Epibenthic. Inhabits muddy and muddy sandy bottoms (Ref. 101384).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer (Ref. 833).
Manning, R.B. and L.B. Holthuis. 1989. (Ref. 2689)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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Age/SizeGrowthLength-weightLength-lengthMorphologyLarvaeAbundance
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Estimates based on models
Price category
Unknown.
Nutrients: Calcium = 109 [35, 184] mg/100g; Iron = 1.59 [1.21, 1.97] mg/100g; Protein = 20.2 [19.2, 21.3] %; Omega3 = 0.285 [0.185, 0.386] g/100g; Selenium = 48.3 [-31.7, 128.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 1.79 [1.17, 2.40] mg/100g (wet weight).