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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from St. Lucia (Ref. 80553). C: Ref. 106277.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Branch, G.M., C.L. Griffiths, M.L. Branch and L. Beckley, 2005
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Red-eyed crab, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Eriphiidae (stone and mud crabs)

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie

Récifal; profondeur 0 - 6 m (Ref. 96667). Tropical; 36°N - 33°S, 29°E - 134°W

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-Pacific: north from Japan, China, Taiwan to southeast Asia, west to Australia, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands to India, Oman and east Africa.

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 8.0 cm CW mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 343)

Description synthétique Morphologie

Carapace is oval in shape which is covered with tubercles. The frontal margin has six or more spines. Pair of pincers are unequal in size and are covered with very tiny granules (Ref. 128968).

Adults are found in rock cracks in shallow waters. They display aggressive and nocturnal behaviour (Ref. 128968). Collected for food. Occasionally mildly poisonous in some parts of its range. Mildly poisonous (Ref. 79155). Inhabits rocky shore or reefs. Benthic. Subtropical and tropical climates (Ref. 343). Intertidal (Ref. 106854). Also occurs on algal mat (Ref. 106227). Found within crevices in rocks or coral reefs (Ref. 79155). Observed on mangrove trees (Ref. 74547). Has large master claws with molariform teeth used to crush shells of snails and hermit crabs (Ref. 107019). Observed to open large Turbo sp. Shells in order to extract the terrestrial hermit crab Coenobita perlatus (Ref. 76500).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.

Référence principale Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

Ng, P.K.L. 1998. (Ref. 343)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Non évalué

statut CITES (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

Poisonous to eat (Ref. 128968)

Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.8 - 29.3, mean 28.4 (based on 3372 cells).

Résilience (Ref. 69278) Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (K=0.68).

Vulnérabilité (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Eriphia sebana (Shaw & Nodder, 1803)