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Panulirus argus   (Latreille, 1804)

Caribbean spiny lobster

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Belize 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 Glover's Reef Atoll (Ref. 85586). C: Ref. 85335, 85586; M: Ref. 4.
National Checklist: Belize Biodiversity Information System - Fish
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/bh.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.caricom-fisheries.com/belize-fisheries
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Holthuis, L.B., 1991
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Caribisk languster, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Palinuridae (spiny lobsters)

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

; rango de profundidad 0 - 90 m (Ref. 441).   Tropical, preferred 27°C (Ref. 107945); 35°N - 24°S, 97°W - 11°E (Ref. 4)

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Introducciones

Atlantic Ocean.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 8.3, range 7 - 8.1 cm Max length : 45.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 4); common length : 20.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 4); edad máxima reportada: 15 años (Ref. 129472)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Longevity from Ref. 129472 (Supplementary material). Occurs at depths down to 90 m, perhaps even deeper; usually inhabits shallow waters and found among rocks, on reefs, eelgrass beds or in any habitat that provides protection. The species is gregarious and migratory. Females move to deeper water for spawning and there are mass migrations in the autumn when the animals, in single files up to 50 individuals, move in a certain direction in daytime, each animal having body contact with the next through the antennae; In the northern part of its range, larvae are found mainly from June to December (Ref. 4).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Females move to deeper water for spawning and there are mass migrations in the autumn when the animals, in single files up to 50 individuals, move in a certain direction in daytime, each animal having body contact with the next through the antennae; In the northern part of its range, larvae are found mainly from June to December (Ref. 4).

Main reference Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

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

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 03 December 2009

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial
FAO - pesquerías: landings, species profile | FIRMS (Stock assessments) | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Herramientas

E-book | Guía de campo

Fuentes de Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(pesquerías: species profile; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Árbol de la vida | Wikipedia (Go, búsqueda) | Expediente Zoológico

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 23.7 - 28, mean 26.7 (based on 346 cells).
Resiliencia (Ref. 69278) Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (K=0.16-0.39; tm=4).
Prior r = 0.82, 95% CL = 0.54 - 1.23, Based on 1 full stock assessment.
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low to moderate vulnerability (35 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.