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Squilla biformis   Bigelow, 1891

Sorcerer mantis shrimp

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Squilla biformis  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Stomatopoda | Squillidae

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

Benthic; depth range 25 - 518 m (Ref. 83920).  Tropical; 29°N - 12°S, 112°W - 77°W

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Pacific: Mexico to Peru.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Mesolittoral zone (Ref. 101377). Occurs in muddy bottoms consisting of silt and clay (Ref. 101377). Obligate carnivore (Ref. 107082).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Moulting is synchronous and associted with the lunar cycle.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Rojas-Herrera, A.A. and X. Chiappa-Carrara. 2002. (Ref. 3622)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 12.2 - 15.6, mean 13.8 (based on 33 cells).
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).