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Cancer plebejus   Poeppig, 1836

Chilean crab

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Chile 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: Known from the Peruvian Province to Golfo de Penas and Strait of Magellan (Ref. 87801), and in Canal Picton (Ref. 106466). C: Refs. 87801, 87391, 92519, 106466; O: Ref. 92519.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ci.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Häussermann, V. and G. Försterra, 2009
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Cangrejo jaiva, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Cancridae (rock crabs)

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

; distribuzione batimetrica 10 - 1138 m (Ref. 87391).   Temperate; 11°S - 54°S, 78°W - 68°W

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic: Chile and Peru.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 15.0 cm CW maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 78814); 11 cm CW (female)

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Found on soft-bottom sublittoral habitats. Mainly epifaunal but can be considered a bioturbator as it reworks sediments. Notably disturbs the sea floor, exhibiting "sediment mining" behavior while in search of prey. Predatory (Ref. 106462).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

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 Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Gorny, M. 1999. (Ref. 87391)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

Human uses

Pesca: commerciale
FAO - pesca: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Strumenti

E-book | Giuda pratica

Informazioni ulteriori

Stati
Aree FAO
Ecosystems
Presenze
Introduzioni
Stocks
Ecologia
Dieta
Prede
Nomi Comuni
Sinonimi
Predatori
Riproduzione
Maturità
Deposizione
Fecundity
Uova
Egg development
Age/Size
Accrescimento
Length-weight
Length-length
Morfologia
Larve
Abbondanza
Bibliografia
Mass conversion
Collaboratori
Immagini

Fonti Internet

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

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 6.5 - 12.3, mean 9.4 (based on 36 cells).