Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Nephropidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 300 - 1200 m. Tropical; 28°N - 33°S, 117°W - 90°W (Ref. 4)
Eastern Pacific: Mexico to Chile. It was pointed out that the records from the Galapagos and Marion Islands are erroneous (Ref. 106).
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 13.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 122061)
It has lengths of 5 to 13 cm, total length; 3 cm, carapace length; It was said that a published record giving the maximum length as 25 cm is clearly erroneous (Ref. 4). Occurs at depths of 300 to 1200 m with muddy or sandy bottom (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 potential interest
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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): 3.8 - 5.8, mean 4.4 (based on 25 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
