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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 Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | 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

; intervalo de profundidade 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)

Distribuição Países | Áreas FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Introduções

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

Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade

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

Biologia     Glossário (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 Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas

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

Referência principal Referências | Coordenador | Colaboradores

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

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

  Preocupação menor (LC) ; Date assessed: 03 December 2009

Categoria CITES (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Utilização humana

Pescarias: espécies comerciais
FAO - pescarias: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Ferramentas

E-book | Guia de campo

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Fontes da internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(pescarias: ; publication : search) | GenBank (genoma, nucleotídeo) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Árvore da vida | Wikipedia (ir para, procurar) | Registo zoológico

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 10 - 12.3, mean 11.4 (based on 9 cells).
Resiliência (Ref. 69278) Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (K=0.45-0.48).
Vulnerabilidade (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (11 of 100).
Categoria de preço (Ref. 80766): High.