Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Alpheidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Reef-associated; depth range 0 - 32 m (Ref. 69553). Tropical
Indo-Pacific: East and South Africa to Japan, Australia and Tuamotu Archipelago.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Minimum depth from Ref. 96667. Intertidal to subtidal (Ref. 106854). Found on dead corals in reef flats and occasionally in living corals and sponges to a depth of 32 m (Ref. 69553).
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.
Chace, F.A. Jr. 1988. (Ref. 69553)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 127697)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Age/Size
Growth
Length-weight
Length-length
Morphology
Larvae
Abundance
Internet sources
Estimates of some properties based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 24.6 - 29.3, mean 28.3 (based on 3468 cells).
Price category
Unknown.
