Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Palinuridae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 100 - 298 m (Ref. 271). Tropical; 14°N - 1°N, 58°W - 47°W (Ref. 4)
Western Atlantic.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 10.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 271)
It has lengths of 10 cm, maximum body length; 1.6 to 3.2 cm, carapace length (Ref. 4). Occurs at depths from 120 and 298 m, but there is a record from the littoral zone, and one from 4111 to 4122 m. The bottom is variously described as "sand and coral, "sandy calcarenite", and "smooth, consisting of brown mud" (Ref. 4).
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: of no interest
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Abundance
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Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 13.6 - 18.8, mean 17.6 (based on 5 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
