Malacostraca | 
Decapoda | 
Benthesicymidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Pelagic; depth range ? - 1000 m (Ref. 321).  Tropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Indo-Pacific.
			
			
			
			
			
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					Occurs at depths lower than 1000 m (Ref. 329 and 323).				
			
			
			
			
			
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					Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric.  Mating behavior:  Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.  				
			
			
			
			
			
				Hendrickx, M.E. and F.D. Estrada-Navarrete 1989 A checklist of the species of pelagic shrimps (Penaeoidea and Caridea) from the Eastern Pacific, with notes on their geographic and depth distribution. CalCOFI Rep. 30. 18 p. (Ref. 321)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
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				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
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