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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: of no interest | Ref: Yasumura, D., Y. Oshima, T. Yasumoto, A.C. Alcala and L. Alcala, 1986
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Considered to be the country's most poisonous crab with 50% of ingestion cases being fatal (Ref. 128965). Found in Negros Island (Ref. 107779), Zamboanga, Palawan, Panay Island, Marinduque, Mindoro, Sorsogon, Albay, Quezon, Batangas, La Union, and Ilocos (Ref. 128968).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Ward, M., 1941
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Devil crab, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Xanthidae (stone and mud crabs)

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

Associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade 0 - 10 m (Ref. 96667). Tropical

Distribuição Países | Áreas FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Introduções

Indo-Pacific: from East Africa to French Polynesia.

Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 10.0 cm CL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 128968)

Descrição breve Morfologia

The carapace has protruding frontal borders which are divided into four lobes (first three are rounded and the fourth is tooth-like. The body is covered with eye-like chocolate brown spots and smooth, well-defined lobules. Both front pincers are of the same size, while the walking legs are fringed with long hairs (Ref. 128968).

Adults occur in coral reefs, hidden under rocks during the day. Nocturnal (Ref. 128968). The shell and flesh of this species contain neosaxitoxin, saxitoxin, and tetrodotoxin (Ref. 107779, 128965) which have been proven to be fatal when ingested (Ref. 128965). Intertidal to subtidal (Ref. 106854). Members of the family Xanthidae range from being algal scrapers to aggressive predators (Ref. 103027).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas

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

Referência principal Referências | Coordenador | Colaboradores

MarineSpecies.org. 2050. (Ref. 3477)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Não avaliado

Categoria CITES (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Ameaça para o homem

Poisonous to eat (Ref. 107779)

Utilização humana

Pescarias: espécies comerciais
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Ferramentas

E-book | Guia de campo

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.6 - 29.3, mean 28.3 (based on 3236 cells).

Categoria de preço (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Zosimus aeneus (Linnaeus, 1758)