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Metanephrops andamanicus   (Wood-Mason, 1891)

Andaman lobster
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Classification / Names / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Nephropidae (clawed crabs)

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

; distribuzione batimetrica 250 - 750 m, usually 350 - 450 m (Ref. 249).   Tropical, preferred 28°C (Ref. 107945); 24°N - 10°S, 41°E - 50°E (Ref. 4)

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

Indo-West Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 20.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 4); common length : 16.5 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 4)

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

It has lengths up to 20 cm, total body length; 15 and 18 cm, common length; 4.5 to 6 cm, carapace length (Ref. 4). Occurs at a depths of 250 to 750 m, but mostly between 300 and 450 m. Found on hard muddy substrates and possibly lives in burrows (Ref. 4).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

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 Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Holthuis, L.B. 1991. (Ref. 4)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 03 December 2009

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Pesca: commerciale
FAO - pesca: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Fonti Internet

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

Estimates based on models

Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.