Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Diogenidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; brackish; depth range 0 - 5 m (Ref. 96667). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea to Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Japan.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Very common in littoral tropical waters (Ref. 81754) on sand, sand mud or muddy bottoms in mangrove areas (Ref. 81753).
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.
Markham, J.C. 2003 A worldwide list of hermit crabs and their relatives (Anomura: Paguroidea) reported as hosts of Isopoda Bopyridae. In R. Lemaitre and C.C. Tudge (eds.) Biology of Anomura. Proceedings of a symposium at the Fifth International Crustacean Congress, Melbourne, Australia, 9-13 July 2001. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 60(1):71-77. (Ref. 2782)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
Population dynamicsGrowth
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundance
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 24.6 - 29.3, mean 28.3 (based on 3178 cells).
