Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Penaeidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 5 - 81 m (Ref. 8). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: Saudi Arabia to Taiwan and Australia.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 5.1 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8); 9 cm TL (female)
Total length: 3.6 to 5.1 cm (male); 5.3 to 9.0 cm (female). Carapace length: 1.2 to 1.45 cm (male); 1.8 to 2.2 cm (female) (Ref. 8). Minimum depth from Ref. 801. Occurs at depths of 5 to 80 (Ref. 801) on mud (Refs. 8, 801), hard sand or rocky bottoms (Ref. 801). More prolific at night (Ref. 801).
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. 127697)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Growth
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Morphology
Larvae
Abundance
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Estimates of some properties based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 24.2 - 28.7, mean 27.4 (based on 872 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
