Metacarcinus magister, Dungeness crab : fisheries
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Metacarcinus magister   (Dana, 1852)

Dungeness crab

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classificatie / Namen Lokale namen | Synoniemen | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Cancridae

Milieu: milieu / Klimaatzone / Diepte / verspreidingsgebied Ecologie

Benthic; brak water; diepte 0 - 360 m (Ref. 865).  Temperate; 3°C - 19°C (Ref. 104779), preferred 9°C (Ref. 107945); 61°N - 23°N, 179°W - 110°W

Verspreiding Territories | FAO regio's | Ecosystemen | Voorkomen | Introducties

Eastern Pacific: Aleutian Islands, Alaska to Magdalena Bay, Mexico. Subtropical to boreal.

Lengte bij maturiteit / Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd

Maturiteit: Lm ?, range 10 - ? cm Max length : 22.5 cm CW mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 865); 16 cm CW (female); max. gerapporteerde leeftijd: 10 Jaren (Ref. 104779)

Biologie     Verklarende woordenlijst (bv. epibenthisch)

Maximum length for females from Ref. 104779. Epibenthic in estuaries and nearshore environments (Ref. 104211). It is found on soft bottoms in very low intertidal areas to a depth of 360 meters (Ref. 865). Found on seagrasses (Refs. 104216, 106869). Juveniles inhabit and forage on estuaries, particularly in oyster reefs, oyster beds (Ref. 104211, 113901), and eelgrass (Ref. 104211).

Levenscyclus en paargedrag Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven

Life cycle: The fertilized egg hatches into prezoeae larva and molts into zoea an hour after. The larvae undergo five zoeal stages before molting into megalopae. The megalopae molts into juvenile stage before further molting (at most 12 times) into adult stage (Ref. 104779). Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer (Ref. 833). Males locate premolt females through a pheremonal homing system. Male holds the female in an embrace for at most 7 days prior to the female's molting. An hour after molting, copulation occurs through insertion of male gonopods into the spermathecae of the female to deposit sperm (indirect sperm transfer). The female may then be embraced again for 2 days. Pre- and post-mating embraces are done to protect females from predation, aside from insuring mating success. Mating occurs in estuaries but spawning takes place offshore (Ref. 104779). Crabs can store and utilize sperm for at least 2 years. Eggs are fertilized as they pass through the spermathecae during extrusion (Ref. 104787).

Hoofdreferentie Referenties | Coördinator | Medewerkers

Shirley, S.M., T.C. Shirley and S.D. Rice 1987 Latitudinal variation in the Dungeness crab, Cancer magister: zoeal morphology explained by incubation temperature. Mar. Biol. 95(3):371-376. (Ref. 8391)

Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Gevaar voor de mens

Gebruik door de mens

Visserij: commercieel
FAO - visserij: soortsprofiel, landings search; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Ecologie
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Max. leeftijden / maten
Lengte-gewicht rel.
Lengte-lengte rel.
Lengtefrequenties
Massaconversie
Abundantie
Levenscyclus
Voortplanting
Maturiteit
Fecunditeit
Paaien
Eieren
Ontwikkeling van de eieren
Larven
Verspreiding
Fysiologie
Menselijk gerelateerd
Postzegels, munten, diversen.
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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO - visserij: soortsprofiel, landings search; Publication: search | Fishipedia | GenBank (genoom, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (ga naar, zoek) | Zoological Record

Schattingen op basis van modellen

Rate of population increase
Prior r = 0.57, 95% CL = 0.37 - 0.85, Based on 3 data-limited stock assessments.
Kwetsbaarheid van de visserij
(Ref. 71543)
Low to moderate vulnerability (31 of 100).
Kwetsbaarheid voor het klimaat
(Ref. 125649)
Moderate to high vulnerability (51 of 100)
Prijsklasse
(Ref. 80766):
Very high.
Nutrients
Calcium = 109 [35, 184] mg/100g; Iron = 1.59 [1.21, 1.97] mg/100g; Protein = 20.2 [19.2, 21.3] %; Omega3 = 0.285 [0.185, 0.386] g/100g; Selenium = 48.3 [-31.7, 128.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 1.79 [1.17, 2.40] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.