Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Ocypodidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; brackish. Tropical
Indo-West Pacific. Tropical to subtropical.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Lives in individual burrows in mixed-sex colonies on intertidal mudflats (Ref. 104849). Mates underground in a unique manner, wherein males search and enter burrows of females that are ready to ovulate, or is pre-ovigerous (Ref. 104850). Found in places near vegetation (Ref. 113679).
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.
Tan, C.G.S. and P.K.L. Ng. 1994. (Ref. 81559)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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