Lepidophthalmus jamaicense, Estuarine ghost shrimp
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Lepidophthalmus jamaicense   (Schmitt, 1935)

Estuarine ghost shrimp
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Callianassidae

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

Benthic; brackish.  Tropical

Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Central Atlantic: Jamaica, Belize and Brazil.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found brackish environments in shallow intertidal sand areas between stones and in sandbars (Ref. 87257).

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.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Dworschak, P.C. 1992 The Thalassinidea in the Museum of Natural History, Vienna; with some remarks on the biology of species. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 93(B):189-238, 18 figs.. (Ref. 87257)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 71543)		 (0 of 100).
Price category
(Ref. 80766):		 Unknown.