Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Axiidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 1 - 26 m (Ref. 96667). Tropical
Indo-Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Lives in pairs in excavated large burrows in the sediment of tropical seagrass beds. Associated with amphipods, shrimps, bivalves, polychaetes and fishes. Observed to capture drifting seagrass leaves, which are then pulled and incorporated into its burrows. Isotopic signature implies seagrass as its primary food source (Ref. 98748).
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.
CRUSTA 2012 Species from French Polynesia (Marquesas, Society, Austral, Tuamotu, Gambier). http://crustiesfroverseas.free.fr/iles.php?ile=Polynes [Accessed 21/07/2014]. (Ref. 96667)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Tools
More information
Population dynamicsGrowth
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundance
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 25.2 - 29.3, mean 28.2 (based on 1825 cells).
Price category
Unknown.
