Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Grapsidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 95 m (Ref. 96667). Subtropical
Southwest Atlantic and Indo-Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Found in high intertidal areas (Ref. 106682).
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.
Takeda, M. and R. Webber 2006 Crabs from Kermadec Islands in the South Pacific. In Y. Tomida (ed.) Proceedings of the seventh and eighth Symposia on Collection Building and Natural History Studies in Asia and the Pacific Rim. National Science Museum Monographs 34:191-237. (Ref. 84890)
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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More information
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): 15 - 26.4, mean 20.5 (based on 580 cells).
