Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Leucosiidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 21 - 366 m (Ref. 99823). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: Madagascar and Red Sea to Japan, Australia and Vanuatu.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Subtidal, on substrates of sand, mud, shell fragments, and coarse sand (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.
Galil, B.S. and P.K.L. Ng 2007 Leucosiid crabs from Panglao, Philippines, with descriptions of three new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 16:79-94. (Ref. 82538)
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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Tools
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): 16 - 27.6, mean 23 (based on 794 cells).
