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Sanquerus validus   (Herklots, 1851)

Senegalese smooth swimcrab

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Sanquerus validus  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Ghana 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/gh.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Fischer, W., G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.), 1981
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Portunidae (swimming crabs)

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

; profondeur 1 - 55 m (Ref. 435), usually 10 - 30 m (Ref. 435).   Tropical; 20°N - 17°S

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Atlantic: from Mauritania to Angola.

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 9.3 cm CL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 435)

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. epibenthic)

Maximum carapace width: 19.0 cm (Ref. 435). Also caught by trammel nets (Ref. 417). Occurs at depths from 1 to 55 m, common at depths of 10 to 30 m. Inhabits shallow coastal waters with bottoms consisting of sand or mud (Ref. 435).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

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

Référence principale Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

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

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

  Non évalué 

statut CITES (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

  Harmless

Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: commercial
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Noms communs
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Reproduction
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Frai
Fécondité
Œufs
Développement de l'œuf
Taille/Âge
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Longueur-longueur
Morphologie
Larves
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Sources Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Arbre de Vie | Wikipedia (Go, chercher) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 22.7 - 28, mean 26.6 (based on 50 cells).
Vulnérabilité (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): High.