Common name (e.g. turtle)

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Genus + Species (e.g. Caretta caretta)

Stenocionops ovatus   (Bell, 1835)

Velvet spidercrab

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

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Majidae

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

Benthic.  Deep-water

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Pacific: Mexico and Galapagos; Gulf of California.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 14.0 cm CW male/unsexed; (Ref. 103311)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Villalejo-Fuerte, M., B.P. Ceballos-Vázquez, M. Arellano-Martínez and F. García-Domínguez 2001 Contribution to the biology of the spider crabs Maiopsis panamensis Faxon, 1893 and Stenocionops ovata (Bell, 1835) (Decapoda: Majoidea) from the Gulf of California, Mexico. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía 36(2):199-203. (Ref. 103311)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Threat to humans

Human uses

| FishSource |

Tools

Internet sources

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