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Metanephrops mozambicus   Macpherson, 1990

African lobster

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

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Holthuis, L.B., 1991
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in Natal (Ref. 4). C: Ref. 106911; M: Ref. 4.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sf.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Holthuis, L.B., 1991
National Database:

Common names from other countries

African lobster, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

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

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

; profondeur 180 - 750 m (Ref. 106911), usually 400 - 500 m (Ref. 106911).   Tropical, preferred 26°C (Ref. 107945); 3°S - 33°S, 31°E - 46°E (Ref. 4)

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Introductions

Southwest Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific: from Kenya to Natal.

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: Lm 4.9, range 3 - ? cm Max length : 20.5 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 122061); 20 cm TL (female)

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. epibenthic)

It has a maximum total length of 20.5 cm (male) and 20 cm (female); and carapace lengths of 4.5 to 8.8 cm (male) and 3.7 to 8.3 (female). Minimum depth range from Ref. 122059. Occurs at depths from 200 to 750 m, but most common between 400 and 500 m (Ref. 4). Occurs along the edge of the continental slope on soft muddy substrata (Ref. 106911).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

Ovigerous females between December and June (Ref. 4).

Référence principale Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

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

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

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

statut CITES (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: commercial
FAO - pêcheries: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Outils

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Noms communs
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Frai
Fécondité
Œufs
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Sources Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(pêcheries: ; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Arbre de Vie | Wikipedia (Go, chercher) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 10 - 12.3, mean 11.4 (based on 9 cells).
Résilience (Ref. 69278) Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (K=0.45-0.48).
Vulnérabilité (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (11 of 100).
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): High.