Heterocarpus tricarinatus, Scarred nylon shrimp

Heterocarpus tricarinatus   Alcock & Anderson, 1894

Scarred nylon shrimp

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Pandalidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 756 - 2000 m (Ref. 80357).  Tropical

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Indo-West Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Minimum depth from Ref. 99823. Found on soft mud at depths of 1046 to 2000 m. Also on rocks and rubbles (Ref. 99823).

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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 References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Li, X. 2006 Additional pandaloid shrimps from the South China Sea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea), with descriptions of one new species. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 54(2):361-372. (Ref. 80357)

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

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 2.9 - 6.5, mean 4.3 (based on 823 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.

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