Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Penaeidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 1 - 200 m (Ref. 8). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: from Japan to Australia and New Caledonia.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 6.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8); 7.5 cm TL (female)
Minimum depth from Ref. 99823. Subtidal. Pelagic, i.e. recorded in the water column (Ref. 106854). Bottom coral. On muddy and sandy substrates (Ref. 99823).
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.
Holthuis, L.B. 1980. (Ref. 8)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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Age/Size
Growth
Length-weight
Length-length
Morphology
Larvae
Abundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 21.2 - 28.3, mean 26.8 (based on 796 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
