Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Palaemonidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; freshwater; brackish. Subtropical
Distribution
Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Western Atlantic: USA and Canada. The Arctic.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Inhabits extensive marshes and swamps, among emergent vegetation, snags, clinging to the undersides of vegetation mats. Omnivorous, mainly feeds on algae but also consumes dead leaves, insects, and other benthic coarse particular organic matter (Ref. 111183).
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.
Williams, A.B., L.G. Abele, D.L. Felder, H.H. Hobbs Jr., R.B. Manning, P.A. McLaughlin and I. Pérez Farfante. 1988. (Ref. 2214)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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