Benthoecetes tanneri, Tanner's deep-water shrimp : fisheries
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Benthoecetes tanneri   (Faxon, 1893)

Tanner's deep-water shrimp
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Benthesicymidae

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

Bathypelagic; depth range 606 - 2422 m (Ref. 101515).  Deep-water; 33°N - 21°S, 120°W - 70°W

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Pacific: from San Diego, CA to Chile at 21°S.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 13.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 77866); 12.1 cm TL (female)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum length for females from Ref. 101701. Deep-water species. Found in slope (Ref. 104152). Known from benthic muddy bottoms (Ref. 83922). Mainly feeds on the pelagic red crab Pleuroncodes planipes. Secondary prey include benthopelagic and bathypelagic fishes and shrimp-like decapods (Ref. 107053).

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.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Pérez Farfante, I. and B. Kensley 1997 Penaeoid and Sergestoid shrimps and prawns of the world: keys and diagnoses for the families and genera. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 175:1-233. (Ref. 75620)

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

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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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

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 3.4 - 5.1, mean 4.1 (based on 59 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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