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Hyastenus diacanthus   (de Haan, 1839)

Horn decorator crab

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Hyastenus diacanthus  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Hyastenus diacanthus

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Epialtidae

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

Benthic; depth range 15 - 170 m (Ref. 125642).  Subtropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 3.7 cm CW male/unsexed; (Ref. 125642)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum depth from Ref. 106287. Occurs in the lower intertidal shores and shallow subtidal area. Attach hydroids, sponges, bryozoans, compound ascidians, and pieces of algae onto its carapace (Ref. 108033). Found on substrates ranging from muddy, sandy, to shelly (Ref. 125642).

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.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Zheng, Y., X. Chen, J. Chen, Y. Wang, X. Shen, W. Chen and C. Li. 2003. (Ref. 75927)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


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Mass conversion

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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): 21.3 - 29, mean 28 (based on 272 cells).