Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Scyllaridae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Reef-associated; depth range 0 - 80 m (Ref. 4), usually 20 - 50 m (Ref. 4). Tropical; 36°N - 34°S, 39°E - 150°W (Ref. 4)
Indo-Pacific: from East Africa to Japan, Hawaii, Melanesia, New Caledonia and Australia.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4)
It has lengths of 40 cm, maximum total body length; 15 cm, carapace length (Ref. 4). Fisheries: commercial (Ref. 91361). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 9773.
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.
Holthuis, L.B. 1991. (Ref. 4)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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Abundance
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Stamps, Coins Misc.
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 21.5 - 28.6, mean 27.2 (based on 534 cells).
Vulnerability
Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100).