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Necora puber   Linnaeus, 1767

Velvet swimming crab

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Scotland (UK) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from the Orkney Islands (Ref. 112013) and Shetland Islands (Ref. 107244). C: Ref. 101396, 105340; M: Ref. 111991; O: Ref. 112013.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Lee, J.T., R.A. Coleman and M.B. Jones, 2006
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Çalpara, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

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

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

; εύρος βάθους 0 - 80 m (Ref. 356), usually ? - 40 m (Ref. 435).   Temperate; 4°C - 28°C (Ref. 112013), preferred 9°C (Ref. 107945); 61°N - 24°N, 16°W - 28°E

Κατανομή Χώρες | Περιοχές FAO | Οικοσυστήματα | Παρουσίες | Εισαγωγές

Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea: From western Norway to the UK to Western Sahara and the Mediterranean coasts of Spain, France and Italy. Subtropical to temperate.

Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age

Maturity: Lm 4.8, range 4 - 5.95 cm Max length : 10.9 cm CL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 96051); 9.84 cm CL (female); common length : 4.5 cm CL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 435); μεγ. αναφερόμενη ηλικία: 8 έτη (Ref. 96051)

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. epibenthic)

Maximum depth range from Ref. 101396. Maximum carapace width: 8.4; common carapace width: 5.5 cm (Ref. 435). Common in shallow waters from the intertidal to 80 m (Ref. 83653), common at depths not deeper than 40 m (Ref. 435). Found mostly in rocky shores, confined to the lower tidal mark (Refs. 101396). Inhabits on sand or mud (Ref. 435). Carnivore; trophic level 2.6 (Ref. 96418), trophic level 2.98 (Ref. 435). An opportunistic feeder, mostly preys on molluscs and crustaceans and also feeds on detrital material and large quantities of brown algae (Ref. 96482).

Life cycle and mating behavior Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Αβγά | Γονιμότητα | Προνύμφες

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 Αναφορές | Συντονιστής | Συνεργάτες

SAUP Database. 2006. (Ref. 356)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

αλιεία: Εμπορικό(ά)
FAO - αλιεία: landings | FishSource | Η θάλασσα γύρω μας

Εργαλεία

E-book | Οδηγός πεδίου

Διαδικτυακές πηγές

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(αλιεία: ; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Δέντρο Ζωής | Wikipedia (Go, αναζήτηση) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.