Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Menippidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / пределы глубины / distribution range
экология
; пределы глубины 0 - 60 m (ссылка 114309). Tropical, preferred 25°C (ссылка 107945); 35°N - 18°N, 98°W - 71°W
Western Central Atlantic: from Mexico to Turks and Caicos, then Cape Lookout North Carolina south to Jamaica.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Возраст
половая зрелость: Lm 6.6 range ? - ? cm
Carapace transversely oval, about 2.3 times as long as wide, convex, nearly smooth to unaided eye, minutely granulate and punctate; anterolateral margins (excluding outer orbital teeth) divided into 4 lobes, front (excluding inner orbital angles) with a median notch and a broad tri-lobate lobe on each side. Pincers large and heavy, unequal, nearly smooth; inside of hands with patch of fine, oblique, parallel striae; walking legs stout and hairy distally. Color: juveniles dark purplish blue, very young with legs banded cream and red and white spot on carpus of pincer. Older individual become dark brownish red to black or less mottled and spotted with dusky grey; fingers dark; walking legs with reddish and yellow bands.
Occurs at depths down to 60 m (Ref. 114309). Burrows in mudflats just below low-tide mark, among rocks on jetties, on offshore reef areas, under rocks or coral heads and among dead shells or grass clumps (Ref. 367), burrows in seagrass beds, oyster reefs and crevices in rocks (Ref. 114309). Occasionally burrow in colonies. Tolerant to salinities considerably lower or higher than 35. Somewhat active both day and night, greatest activity observed during the evening before dark. Preys on oysters and other mollusks (Ref. 367).
Life cycle and mating behavior
половая зрелость | размножение | нерест | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Ovigerous females are known from May to September.
Основная ссылка
ссылки | координатор | соавторы
Tavares, M. 2003 True Crabs. pp. 327-352. In Carpenter, K.E. (ed.) The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Volume1: introdution, molluscs, crustaceans, hagfishes, sharks, batoid fishes, and chimaeras. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special PublicationNo. 5. Rome, FAO. pp. 1-600. (ссылка 367)
Статус Красного Списка МСОП
(ссылка 130435: Version 2025-1)
Статус СИТЕС (ссылка 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (ссылка 116361)
Not Evaluated
Угроза для людей
Использование человеком
рыболовство: коммерческий
FAO - рыболовство: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us
инструменты
дополнительная информация
PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
ресурсы в Интернет
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 23.5 - 28, mean 25.6 (based on 210 cells).
Climate Vulnerability
High to very high vulnerability (67 of 100).
Nutrients : Calcium = 109 [35, 184] mg/100g; Iron = 1.59 [1.21, 1.97] mg/100g; Protein = 20.2 [19.2, 21.3] %; Omega3 = 0.285 [0.185, 0.386] g/100g; Selenium = 48.3 [-31.7, 128.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 1.79 [1.17, 2.40] mg/100g (wet weight); based on
nutrient studies.
