Enoplolambrus validus, Strong elbow crab : fisheries

Enoplolambrus validus   (De Haan, 1837)

Strong elbow crab

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Parthenopidae

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

Benthic; depth range 15 - 200 m (Ref. 125642).  Subtropical; 42°N - 28°S, 103°E - 171°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Central and Eastern Indo-Pacific: from Singapore to Samoa in the east, north to Japan and Korea and south to Moreton Bay, Australia. Subtropical to temperate climates.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 8.2 cm BL male/unsexed; (Ref. 83447); 7.7 cm BL (female)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inshore, subtidal on hard bottom (Ref. 106854). Host to the barnacle Balanus socialis (Ref. 105333). Highly mobile predator (Ref. 114575).

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

Hong, S.Y., K.Y. Park, C.W. Park, C.H. Han, H.L. Suh, S.G. Yun, C.B. Song, S.G. Jo, H.S. Lim, Y.S. Kang, D.J. Kim, C.W. Ma, M.H. Son, H.K. Cha, K.B. Kim, S.D. Choi, K.Y. Park, C.W. Oh, D.N. Kim, H.S. Shon, J.N. Kim et al. 2006 Marine invertebrates in Korean coasts. Republic of Korea, Academy Publishing Company, Inc. 479 p. (Ref. 83447)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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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

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 12.1 - 24.2, mean 20.6 (based on 48 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients :  Calcium = 109 [35, 184] mg/100g; Iron = 1.59 [1.21, 1.97] mg/100g; Protein = 20.2 [19.2, 21.3] %; Omega3 = 0.285 [0.185, 0.386] g/100g; Selenium = 48.3 [-31.7, 128.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 1.79 [1.17, 2.40] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.

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