Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Palaemonidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; brackish. Subtropical
Indo-West Pacific. Introduced in Australia and Eastern Pacific and Eastern Atlantic.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?, range 0 - ? cm Max length : 7.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 104052)
From sublittoral sediments (Ref. 1314).
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.
Williams, A.B., L.G. Abele, D.L. Felder, H.H. Hobbs Jr., R.B. Manning, P.A. McLaughlin and I. Pérez Farfante 1988 Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: decapod crustaceans. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 17. 77 pp. + 12 figs. (Ref. 2214)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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Estimates based on models
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.49-0.75).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (20 of 100).