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Metopograpsus thukuhar   (Owen, 1839)


Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Seychelles country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments:
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/se.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Taylor, J.D., 1971
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Kukuau, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | 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 Ecología

Asociado a arrecife; salobre; rango de profundidad 0 - 95 m (Ref. 96667).   Tropical

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Introducciones

Indo-Pacific: Red Sea to Cocos Islands.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 2.0 cm CL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 107481); 2.325 cm CL (female)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

It is found on pneumatophores and roots of Avicennia marina (Ref. 107904). Active during low tide, but many are observed at high tide moving to mangrove roots above water level. Also lives among roots of Rhizophora mucronata. Feeds on mainly on macroalgae, a bit of mangrove leaves and mud; animal items were rare but may be an opportunistic feeder to a certain degree (Ref. 108401).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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 Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

MarineSpecies.org. 2050. (Ref. 3477)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses


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Fuentes de Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Árbol de la vida | Wikipedia (Go, búsqueda) | Expediente Zoológico

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.3 - 29, mean 27.7 (based on 1472 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.