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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from USA to Morro Bay, California (Ref. 4). Populations have drastically declined and may be locally extinct in many areas due to parasitic infestation (Ref. 118518). C: Ref. 4, 118518. C: Ref. 4, 101576; O: Ref. 101576.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Holthuis, L.B., 1991
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Blue mud shrimp, ... more

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

> Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Upogebiidae (mud shrimps)

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

; saumâtre; profondeur 0 - 1 m (Ref. 4). Temperate, preferred 9°C (Ref. 107945); 62°N - 35°N, 152°W - 120°W (Ref. 4)

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Pacific: Prince William Sound, Alaska to Morro Bay, California, USA.

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 15.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 4); 10.5 cm TL (female)

Description synthétique Morphologie

Rostrum ending in three teeth, the median tooth broad and triangular, the lateral teeth much shorter. A groove between the median and lateral teeth, also a very shallow median longitudinal groove. Lower surface of rostrum without spines. Anterolateral border of carapace with a very small tooth at the level of the eye. First pereiopods subchelate. Dactylus of adult male on inner surface with a longitudinal row of 6-12 tubercles, that are placed close together. Carpus with some anterior spines. Merus with a subdistal anterodorsal spine (Ref. 4).

It has lengths of 11 cm, total body length (Ref. 259); 15 cm (males) and 10.5 cm (females), total length (Refs. 4, 258). It burrows in muddy sand of the intertidal zone, sometimes under rocks; burrows are Y-shaped, and about 0.6 to 1 m deep (Ref. 4). Found in bays and estuaries (Ref. 112892).

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

Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.

Référence principale Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

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

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

Non évalué

statut CITES (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Utilisations par l'homme

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

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 8.4 - 12.8, mean 9.8 (based on 197 cells).

Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): Very high.

Upogebia pugettensis (Dana, 1852)