Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Callianassidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; brackish. Tropical
Western Central Atlantic: Jamaica, Belize and Brazil.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Found brackish environments in shallow intertidal sand areas between stones and in sandbars (Ref. 87257).
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.
Dworschak, P.C. 1992 The Thalassinidea in the Museum of Natural History, Vienna; with some remarks on the biology of species. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 93(B):189-238, 18 figs.. (Ref. 87257)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Price category
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