Malacostraca | 
Decapoda | 
Nephropidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic; depth range 300 - 400 m, usually 350 - ? m.  Subtropical; 35°N -   25°N, 122°E -   140°E (Ref. 4)			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Indo-west Pacific:  from east coast of Japan near Sagami Bay to Taiwan.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cmCommon length : 14.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4); common length :14 cm TL (female)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					It has a total body length of 6 to 14 (male) and 10 to 14 (female); and carapace lengths of 3 to 6 cm (males) and 4.5 to 6 cm (females) (Ref. 4). Occurs at depths from 300 to 400 m, mostly at 350 m (Ref. 4).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
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					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. 1991 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 13. Marine lobsters of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(13):292p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 4)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
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				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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				Fisheries: commercial			
			
			
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