Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Munididae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 1133 - 2003 m (Ref. 76884). Tropical
Western Central Pacific: Australia and New Caledonia.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.3 cm CL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8774)
Minimum depth from Ref. 99823.
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.
Baba, K., E. Macpherson, G.C. Poore, S.T. Ahyong, A. Bermudez, P. Cabezas, C.-W. Lin, M. Nizinski, C. Rodrigues and K. Schnabel. 2008. (Ref. 76884)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Diet
Food consumption
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Predators
Population dynamicsGrowth
Age/Size
Length-weight
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Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Recruitment
Abundance
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvaeLarval dynamics Human RelatedAquaculture profile
Stamps, Coins Misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 2.7 - 3.9, mean 3.3 (based on 215 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).