Marquesas Islands country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: C: Ref. 77016.
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Country Information: ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquesas_Island
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Poupin, J., 1996
National Database:

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

Malacostraca > Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Palinuridae (spiny lobsters)

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

Benthic; depth range 1 - 122 m (Ref. 4), usually 1 - 18 m (Ref. 4). Tropical, preferred 27°C (Ref. 107945); 36°N - 35°S, 33°E - 142°W (Ref. 4)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-Pacific: South Africa to Japan and Polynesia.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ?, range 4 - ? cm Max length : 30.0 cm BL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4)

It has lengths of 30 cm, maximum total body length; 12 cm, maximum carapace length; 8 to 10 cm, average carapace length; 14 cm, total length of smallest ovigerous female (Ref. 4). Lives in clear or slightly turbid water at depths of 1 to 18 m (also reported from 122 m), in rocky areas and coral reefs. They are nocturnal and not gregarious (Ref. 4).

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

Holthuis, L.B. 1991. (Ref. 4)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 03 December 2009

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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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.7 - 29.3, mean 28.4 (based on 4141 cells).

Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (20 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.

Panulirus longipes (Milne-Edwards, 1868)