Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Majidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 23 m (Ref. 106819). Tropical
Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and South China Sea.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Found in mid-intertidal pools on rocky benches (Ref. 107859). Also occur subtidal, to depths of 20 meters. On and under encrusted rocks and dead corals in reef flats (Ref. 132434).
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.
Tweedie, M.W.F. 1950 A collection of crabs from Aor Island, South China Sea. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 21:83-96. (Ref. 81564)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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More information
Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
Population dynamicsGrowth
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundance
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 25.7 - 29.3, mean 28.3 (based on 2181 cells).
