Malacostraca | 
Decapoda | 
Xanthidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Reef-associated; depth range 0 - 20 m (Ref. 343).  Tropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Indo-Pacific:  Cocos Islands to Tahiti and Hawaii.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 12.0 cm CW male/unsexed; (Ref. 343)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Minimum depth from Ref. 96667. Occurs from the intertidal zone to a depth of 20 m (Ref. 343).  Subtidal (Ref. 106854).   In reefs or rocky substrates.  Subtropical and tropical climates (Ref. 343).				
			
			
			
			
			
				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.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Ng, P.K.L. 1998 Crabs. p. 1045-1155. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 2. Cephalopods, crustaceans, holothurians and sharks. Rome, FAO. 1998. pp. 687-1396. (Ref. 343)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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				Human uses  
			
			
				Fisheries: of no interest			
			
			
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						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 24.2 - 29.3, mean 28.3 (based on 3200 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (10 of 100).					
				
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.