Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Palinuridae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 30 - 318 m (Ref. 4). Tropical; 35°N - 38°S, 113°E - 155°E (Ref. 4)
Indo-West Pacific: Japan to Australia.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 47.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4)
It has a maximum total body length of 47 cm; and a carapace length of 8 to 18 cm (Ref. 4). Found on sand or mud substrates and sometimes with shells; some older records indicate that they are also found on rocky environments (Ref. 4). Preys on slow-moving or sessile benthic organisms, e.g., bivalves, gastropods, scaphopods, crustaceans and foraminiferans (Ref. 81019).
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. 1991 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 13. Marine lobsters of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(13):292p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 4)
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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Abundance
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 16 - 27.6, mean 23.3 (based on 419 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability
Moderate vulnerability (37 of 100).
