Pitho aculeata, Massive urn crab
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Pitho aculeata   (Gibbes, 1850)

Massive urn crab

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Pitho aculeata  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Epialtidae

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

Benthic; depth range 0 - 4 m (Ref. 97531).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Central Atlantic: Belize.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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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.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Engstrom, N.A. 1984 Depth limitation of a tropical intertidal xanthid crab, Cataleptodus floridanus, and a shallow-water majid, Pitho aculeata: results of a caging experiment. Journal of Crustacean Biology 4(1):55-62. (Ref. 87259)

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

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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