Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Alpheidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Reef-associated; depth range 0 - 132 m (Ref. 80391). Tropical
Western Atlantic: USA to Bermuda and Brazil.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.5 cm CL male/unsexed; (Ref. 80391)
Minimum depth from Ref. 97531. Found among coral rubble, sponges or algal nodules, among sea grasses, algae, rocks, shells, tubes of polychaetes (Ref. 80391), and other submerged vegetation (Ref. 97531).
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.
Coelho Filho, P.A. 2004. (Ref. 2364)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Age/Size
Growth
Length-weight
Length-length
Morphology
Larvae
Abundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 21 - 28, mean 25.6 (based on 464 cells).
Price category
Unknown.