Paralithodes platypus, Blue king crab : fisheries

Paralithodes platypus   Brandt, 1850

Blue king crab

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Lithodidae | Lithodinae

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

; djupintervall 25 - 489 m (Ref. 101157).  Temperate, preferred 4°C (Ref. 107945); 66°N - 36°N, 131°E - 132°W

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Northern Pacific and the Arctic: Alaska, Russia and Japan. Temperate to polar.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 22.0 cm CW hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 110584); 16 cm CW (female); publicerad maxvikt: 4.5 kg (Ref. 110584); publicerad maxvikt: 4.5 kg

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Prefers disparate, deep habitats with cobble, gravel, and rock (Ref. 110607). Exhibits cannibalism (Ref. 101157).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Life cycle: The species undergoes four zoeal stages, molts into glaucothoe stage then to juvenile stage, and matures into adult stage. Mating behavior: Biennial reproduction, mating occurs in shallow waters (Ref. 110566). Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer (Ref. 833).

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum 2005 Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2005 Annual Checklist. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K. (Ref. 19)

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: kommersiell
FAO - fiskeri: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Verktyg

E-book | Fälthandbok

Ytterligare information

Trophic Ecology
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Population dynamics
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Life cycle
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Distribution
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Taxonomy
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Internet-källor

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(fiskeri: ; 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): 1 - 12.2, mean 3.5 (based on 64 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (12 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): High to very high vulnerability (74 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): High.
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.

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