Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Pandalidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 73 - 1454 m (Ref. 101379). Tropical, preferred 23°C (Ref. 107945); 28°N - 17°S, 112°W - 72°W
Eastern Pacific: southeast Gulf of California, Mexico to Mollendo, Peru.
Distribution in Guatemala possibly true based on native range although no reference for Guatemala has been found yet.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 11.7 range ? - ? cm Max length : 11.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8)
Relatively common; trawled at depths of 73 to 760 m and caught at an even deeper water localities up to 1454 m (Ref. 101379).
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 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 1. Shrimps and prawns of the world. An annotated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(1):271 p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 8)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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More information
Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
Population dynamicsGrowthMax. ages / sizesLength-weight rel.Length-length rel.Length-frequenciesMass conversionAbundance PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 6.7 - 11.9, mean 9.3 (based on 54 cells).
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.41-0.86).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (19 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability
Moderate vulnerability (37 of 100).
Nutrients : Calcium = 109 [35, 184] mg/100g; Iron = 1.59 [1.21, 1.97] mg/100g; Protein = 20.2 [19.2, 21.3] %; Omega3 = 0.285 [0.185, 0.386] g/100g; Selenium = 48.3 [-31.7, 128.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 1.79 [1.17, 2.40] mg/100g (wet weight); based on
nutrient studies.
