Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Ocypodidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; brackish. Tropical; 30°N - 34°S, 30°E - 171°W
Indo-West Pacific: From East Africa to Samoa, Red Sea to Natal and Okinawa, Japan to subtropical Australia.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Associated with muddy habitats in lagoonal beach (Ref. 104858). Also on muddy-sandy tidal flats (Ref. 104857). Reported to form droves (Ref. 104860). Feeds on emerged sand and in shallow water along the shoreline and in pools. Makes sand pellets while feeding to separate edible from inedible fractions (Ref. 104857).
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.
Walker, A.O. 1887. (Ref. 77883)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 27.8 - 29.3, mean 28.8 (based on 1849 cells).