Malacostraca | 
Decapoda | 
Alpheidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic; depth range 0 - 5 m (Ref. 97531).  Tropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Western Atlantic:  USA to Brazil.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.4 cm CL male/unsexed; (Ref. 118183); 1.3 cm CL (female)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Estuarine (Ref. 97531).				
			
			
			
			
			
				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.  				
			
			
			
			
			
				Abele, L.G. and W. Kim 1986 An illustrated guide to the marine decapod crustaceans of Florida. State of Florida. Department of Environmental Regulation 8(1):i-xvii, 225 p. (Ref. 7873)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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					Resilience  				
				
				
					High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=1.21).				
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (10 of 100).					
				
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.