Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Pandalidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 200 - 1280 m (Ref. 81840). Deep-water; 26°N - 4°S, 44°E - 127°E
Indo-West Pacific: South China Sea to the Indian Ocean and Eastern Africa.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Minimum depth from Ref. 105354. Found on blue mud bottom (Ref. 81840). Carnivore and detritus feeder (Ref. 102663).
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.
Chou, W-R., S-H. Lai and L-S. Fang 1999 Benthic crustacean communities in waters of southwestern Taiwan and their relationships to environmental characteristics. Acta Zoologica 10(1):25-33. (Ref. 3208)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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Tools
More information
Population dynamicsGrowthMax. ages / sizesLength-weight rel.Length-length rel.Length-frequenciesMass conversionAbundance PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 6.8 - 11.1, mean 8.8 (based on 71 cells).
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.35).
