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Grimothea monodon   (Milne Edwards, 1837)

Carrot squat lobster
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Costa Rica country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from the throughout the Pacific coast of Costa Rica (Ref. 113941). C: Refs. 114239, 113941.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cs.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hernáez, P. and I.S. Wehrtmann, 2014
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Galathée orange, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Malacostraca > Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Munididae ()

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

Benthic; depth range 50 - 900 m (Ref. 356).   Subtropical, preferred 15°C (Ref. 107945); 16°N - 44°S, 109°W - 71°W

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Pacific: from Easter Island to Gulf of Tehuantepec, Mexico, south to Chiloe Island, Chile.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 2.7  range ? - ? cm Max length : 8.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 356)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum depth from Ref. 113941. Bentho-demersal. Preyed upon by hake, sharks, mackerel, jack mackerel, cachema, catfish, anchoveta, deep-sea lions, and seabirds (Ref. 106929). Mean trophic level: 3.20 (Ref. 114779). Reported to feed on plankton (Ref. 106929), detritus, polychaetes and amphipods (Ref. 113935).

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.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

SAUP Database. 2006. (Ref. 356)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Fisheries: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Fisheries: ; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 10.6 - 15, mean 13.4 (based on 40 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278) Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.18-0.38).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Low.