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Plesionika martia   (Milne-Edwards, 1883)

Golden shrimp

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

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: C: Ref. 106424.
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Country Information:
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: González, J.A., J.A. Quiles, V.M. Tuset, M.m. García-Díaz and J.I. Santana, 2001
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Malacostraca > Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Pandalidae (pandalid shrimps)

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

Benthopelagic; depth range 165 - 2100 m (Ref. 97531), usually 400 - 600 m (Ref. 106425).   Subtropical; 56°N - 51°S, 161°W - 180°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Cosmopolitan: Western Atlantic: off South Carolina to Florida and off Bermuda; NE and SW Gulf of Mexico. Eastern Atlantic: off SW Ireland, Bay of Biscay, throughout Mediterranean, Gulf of Guinea, and Cape of Good Hope. Indo-West Pacific: from Gulf of Aden and east African coast to Japan and Hawaii; Plesionika martia orientalis: Indo-Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 1.6  range ? - ? cm Max length : 16.9 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 434)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Also caught by pelagic trawls (Ref. 417). Minimum depth from Ref. 80357. Benthic species inhabiting muddy bottoms (Ref. 434), soft mud and coarse sand at depths of 176 to 700 m (Ref. 80357). Benthopelagic (Ref. 91956). Feeds on crustaceans (Pasyphaeidae, euphausiids) and carrion (Ref. 434).

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.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Fischer, W., G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.). 1981. (Ref. 434)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 6.1 - 14.1, mean 9.1 (based on 366 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278) High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.31-0.73).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.