Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Alpheidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Reef-associated; depth range 1 - 25 m (Ref. 79725). Tropical
Indo-Pacific: Eastern Africa to Japan, Australia and American Samoa.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.2 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 79725); common length : 0.1 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 79775)
Minimum depth from Ref. 96667. Dwells in crevices on coral reefs, in cavities of coral rocks with overgrown coralline algae, in dead and overgrown coral heads and among branches of living corals (Ref. 79725).
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.
Anker, A. and M.-S. Jeng. 2007. (Ref. 79725)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 24.4 - 29.3, mean 28 (based on 2346 cells).