Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Alpheidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 5 - 56 m (Ref. 79729). Tropical
Indo-Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Lives on self-made burrows on sandy and muddy substrates (Ref. 79729) of shallow infratidal areas (Ref. 333).
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.
Clark, P.F., P.K.L. Ng, C.H.J.M. Fransen, P.A. McLaughlin, P.C. Dworschak and K. Baba. 2008. (Ref. 79729)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
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): 24.2 - 29.2, mean 27 (based on 462 cells).
Price category
Unknown.