Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Penaeidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 176 - 1240 m (Ref. 8). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: from southeast Africa and India to the Malay Archipelago and Japan.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 7.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8); 8.2 cm TL (female)
Total length: 6.2 to 7.6 cm (male); 7.3 to 8.2 cm (female); carapace length: 1.4 to 1.5 cm (male); 1.8 cm (female) (Ref. 8). Minimum depth from Ref. 99823. On muddy or sandy substrates (Ref. 99823).
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. 1980 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 1. Shrimps and prawns of the world. An annotated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(1):271 p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 8)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
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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): 7.2 - 13.5, mean 9.7 (based on 489 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).