Tumidodromia dormia, Common sponge crab : fisheries
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Tumidodromia dormia   (Linnaeus, 1763)

Common sponge crab

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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Dromiidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

; djupintervall 5 - 112 m (Ref. 3174).  Tropical

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Indo-Pacific: From the Red Sea and East Africa to Hawaii and French Polynesia.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 20.0 cm CW hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 3174); 17.2 cm CW (female)

Short description Morfologi

Carapace rounded, as wide as or slightly wider than long; surfaces convex, with dense pubiscence; 5 anterolateral teeth, median ones largest. No spine present on outer margin of dactylus of last walking leg. Color: light brown overall with pink fingers.

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Largest dromiid known (Refs. 343, 122680). Epizoic. Subtidal on hard bottom (Ref. 106854). Occurs at depths of 5 to 50 m. Prefers moderately shallow waters with rocky-muddy substrates, sometimes near reefs. Omnivorous, feeds on sea stars. Carries sponges and colonial tunicates on its back for camouflage (Ref. 343). Can occasionally be found sheltering under old bivalve shells (Ref. 125338). Predator (Ref. 128960).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | 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.

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Ng, P.K.L. 1998 Crabs. p. 1045-1155. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 2. Cephalopods, crustaceans, holothurians and sharks. Rome, FAO. 1998. pp. 687-1396. (Ref. 343)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fiskeri: mindre kommeriell
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Trophic Ecology
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Reproduktion
Könsmognad
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Lek
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Distribution
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Internet-källor

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 22 - 29, mean 27.8 (based on 1662 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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