Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Benthesicymidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic; depth range 122 - 3400 m (Ref. 333). Deep-water
Atlantic and Indo-Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Minimum depth from Ref. 97531. Cosmopolitan (Ref. 321).
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.
Kensley, B.F. 1981 On the zoogeography of southern Africa decapod Crustacea, with distributional check list of the species. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 338:1-64. (Ref. 333)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
| FishSource |
Tools
More information
Population dynamicsGrowthMax. ages / sizesLength-weight rel.Length-length rel.Length-frequenciesMass conversionAbundance Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 3 - 8.9, mean 4.6 (based on 2501 cells).
Price category
Unknown.
