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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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Common names from other countries

Red-eyed crab, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Nomes comuns | Sinônimos | 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 Ecologia

Associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade 0 - 6 m (Ref. 96667). Tropical; 36°N - 33°S, 29°E - 134°W

Distribuição Países | Áreas FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Introduções

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 / Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 8.0 cm CW macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 343)

Descrição suscinta Morfologia

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 Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas

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

Referência principal Referências | Coordenador | Colaboradores

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

Status na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Não avaliada

Status no CITES (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Perigo para os humanos

Poisonous to eat (Ref. 128968)

Uso pelos humanos

Pescarias: espécies comerciais
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E-book | Guia de campo

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Estimates based on models

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

Resiliência (Ref. 69278) Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (K=0.68).

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

Categoria de preço (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Eriphia sebana (Shaw & Nodder, 1803)