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Harpiosquilla raphidea   (Fabricus, 1798)

Giant harpiosquillid mantis shrimp

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Stomatopoda | Squillidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; brackish; depth range 2 - 45 m (Ref. 80410).  Tropical; 26°N - 32°S, 30°E - 141°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaya, from Indonesia to East Africa.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 36.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 116851); common length : 22.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 92)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

The largest known squilloid. Inhabits level bottoms in shallow water; can be found in estuaries (Ref. 92).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Some members of the order Stomatopoda pair for life and some come together only to mate. Males produce sperm ducts rather than spermatophores; females can brood a maximum of 50,000 eggs. Life cycle: Eggs hatch to a planktonic zoea which lasts for 3 months.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Manning, R.B. 1998. (Ref. 92)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.7 - 29.1, mean 28.3 (based on 1082 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=1.32-1.68).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (23 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.