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Goniopsis cruentata   (Latreille, 1802)

Purple mangrove crab

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Goniopsis cruentata  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Goniopsis cruentata


Dominica country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from near Mero River and Indian River, Portsmouth (Ref. 105714). C: Ref. 105714.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/do.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.caricom-fisheries.com/dominica-fisheries
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Venable, K., J. Woolley and T. Lacher, 2004
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names / Names Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Grapsidae (shore, marsh, and talon crabs)

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

; brackwasser; tiefenbereich 0 - 2 m (Ref. 101599).   Tropical; 33°N - 30°S, 98°W - 14°E

Verbreitung Länder | FAO Gebiete | Ecosystems | Vorkommen | Einführungen

Atlantic Ocean: from Florida to Bermuda, Mexico, Belize, Panama, the Antilles, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, to Brazil (Para to Santa Catarina, including Fernando de Noronha), and the eastern Atlantic, from Senegal to Angola.

Length at first maturity / Size / Gewicht / Alter

Maturity: Lm 2.5, range 2 - 2.9 cm Max length : 5.6 cm CW Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 102095); 5.1 cm CW (female)

Biologie     Fachlexikon (Englisch) (z.B. epibenthic)

Inhabits brackish muddy waters, often in mangrove swamps (Ref. 435), able to move fast between the roots and trunks of trees (Ref. 104080). Found in burrows (Ref. 86356), from intertidal to supratidal waters (Ref. 97531). Excellent predator in the mangroves (Ref. 104080). Feeds on mangrove propagules and animal matter (Ref. 86356). First marine crab reported to feed on an amphibian Leptodactylus macrosternum, wherein the frog was found near the crab's burrow (Ref. 104080).

Hauptreferenz Referenzen | Koordinator | Partner

Fischer, W., G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.). 1981. (Ref. 435)

IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES Status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Nutzung durch Menschen

Fischereien: kommerziell
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 25.2 - 28.1, mean 27.4 (based on 644 cells).
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref. 69278) hoch, Verdopplung der Population dauert weniger als 15 Monate. (K=2.24-2.5; tm=0.23).
Verwundbarkeit (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Preiskategorie (Ref. 80766): Unknown.