Macropetasma africana, Swimming shrimp : fisheries

Macropetasma africana   (Balss, 1913)

Swimming shrimp

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Penaeidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

; djupintervall 0 - 30 m (Ref. 804).  Subtropical (Ref. 8)

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Southeast Atlantic and Western Indian Ocean: Namibia and South Africa.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 3.3 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 104052); 6.7 cm TL (female)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Minimum depth from Ref. 8.

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | 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.

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Holthuis, L.B. 1980 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 1. Shrimps and prawns of the world. An annotated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(1):271 p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 8)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

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Internet-källor

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 15.4 - 26.3, mean 23.6 (based on 232 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.