Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Palaemonidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Reef-associated; depth range 6 - 30 m (Ref. 83472). Tropical
Western Central Pacific: China to Australia and New Caledonia.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
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.
Li, X. and J.Y. Liu 2004 Report of Pontoniinae shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) collected by joint Chinese-German Marine Biology Expeditions to Hainan Island, South China Sea. III. Periclimenes. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology 22(1):89-100. (Ref. 81533)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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): 24.6 - 29.2, mean 28.6 (based on 1545 cells).
