Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Penaeidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 5 - 90 m (Ref. 8). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: from Gulf of Aden to the Malay Archipelago.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 7.5 range ? - ? cm Max length : 10.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8)
Minimum depth from Ref. 99823. Juveniles are reported to occupy far inshore waters (Ref. 121464). On muddy or sandy substrates (Ref. 99823). Spawns from June to December, with peaks from June to July and October (Ref. 116211).
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
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Estimates of some properties based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 24.6 - 29.1, mean 28.1 (based on 1910 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
