Atyoida bisulcata   Randall, 1840

Mountain opae
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Atyidae

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

Benthic; freshwater.  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Endemic to Hawaii.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Excellent climbers found in upper parts of clean and unaltered streams, often in fast water, clinging to boulders and rocks. Catches plant and animal matter in the running water with hairy modified pincers. Fed on by native and introduced fish species as well as crayfish and Tahitian prawns, as well as birds (black crowned night heron and wandering tattler). Lay eggs that hatch and flow down to the ocean. Larvae stays in the ocean for a few months and migrate to streams where they become adults. May travel as far upstream reaching 3,000 feet of elevation (Ref. 84067).

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

Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum. 2005. (Ref. 19)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Near Threatened (NT) ; Date assessed: 23 November 2011

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: subsistence fisheries
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Internet sources

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

Estimates based on models

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.