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Cancer pagurus   Linnaeus, 1758

Edible crab

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Germany country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Helgoland (Ref. 2711, 2988) and the Steingrund (Ref. 2707). C: Refs. 2711, 2707, 2988, 126373.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/gm.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.ble.de/index.cfm?8C712107D9244972B3C193AC1917DCE7#Handelsbezeichnungen
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hahn, S.J., A. Brandt and M. Sonnewald, 2022
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

> Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Cancridae (rock crabs)

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

; salmastro; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 200 m (Ref. 435), usually 6 - 40 m (Ref. 435).   Temperate, preferred 12°C (Ref. 107945)

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean: from northwest Morocco to Atlantic coast of Europe.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 11.0  range ? - ? cm Max length : 20.0 cm CL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 435)

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

This is the most important edible crab fishery in Europe (Ref. 2762). Maximum depth from Ref. 106870. Occurs from the intertidal area to a depth of 100 m, common at depths 6 to 40 m (Ref. 435). Regularly found just above low tide mark. Found in an estuary (Ref. 106870). Inhabits rocky or sandy bottom (Ref. 96377). Carnivore; trophic level 3.1 (Ref. 96418).

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

Fischer, W., G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.). 1981. (Ref. 435)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

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

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Informazioni ulteriori

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Fonti Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(pesca: species profile; 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

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 8.1 - 12.5, mean 10.4 (based on 518 cells).
Resilienza (Ref. 69278) Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (K=0.24-0.46).
Prior r = 0.46, 95% CL = 0.31 - 0.69, Based on 2 data-limited stock assessments.
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.