Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Geryonidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range
Ekologi
; djupintervall 102 - 1025 m (Ref. 101895). Deep-water; 1°S - 40°S, 16°E - 51°E
Western Indian Ocean and Southeast Atlantic: off Mozambique, southern Madagascar and eastern South Africa, extending up to Cape Columbine in the Atlantic.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Könsmognad: Lm ?, range 8 - 8.8 cm
Minimum depth from Ref. 104443. Deep-water crab occurring at depths of 200 to 1025 m (Ref. 101895).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | 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.
Groeneveld, J.C., B.I. Everett, S.T. Fennessy, S.P. Kirkman, J. Santos and W.D. Robertson 2013 Spatial distribution patterns, abundance and population structure of deep-sea crab Chaceon macphersoni, based on complementary analyses of trap and trawl data. Marine and Freshwater Research 64(6):507-517. (Ref. 101895)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fiskeri: kommersiell
| FishSource |
Verktyg
Ytterligare information
Population dynamicsTillväxtMax. ages / sizesLength-weight rel.Length-length rel.Length-frequenciesMass conversionAbundans PhysiologySyreförbrukning
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet-källor
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 8.7 - 15.9, mean 12.3 (based on 57 cells).
Price category
Unknown.
