Mithraculus sculptus, Green clinging crab : fisheries

Mithraculus sculptus   (Lamarck, 1818)

Green clinging crab

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

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Majidae

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

; djupintervall 0 - 55 m (Ref. 97531).  Tropical; 36°N - 24°S, 99°W - 26°W

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Western Atlantic Ocean: Known from Florida, Gulf of Mexico and from Antilles to São Paulo, Brazil.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.2 cm CW hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. )

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Dwells in reef and seagrass habitats in Belize. Forms facultative associations with sea anemones (Ref. 128695).

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

Bright, T.J. 2010. (Ref. 85586)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell
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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

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.