Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Paguridae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Reef-associated. Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea to Fiji, Ryukyu Islands and Australia.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Very common in rocky shores of littoral tropical waters (Ref. 81754). Also found on soft subtrate, from intertitdal to subtidal (Ref. 106854).
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.
Rahayu, D.L. 2004 Hermit crabs (Crustacea: Anomura) of the Anambas Expedition 2002. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 11:73-78. (Ref. 81754)
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): 24.1 - 28.9, mean 27.4 (based on 452 cells).
