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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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Common names from other countries

Blue mud shrimp, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Nomes comuns | Sinônimos | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

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

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

; estuarina; intervalo de profundidade 0 - 1 m (Ref. 4). Temperate, preferred 9°C (Ref. 107945); 62°N - 35°N, 152°W - 120°W (Ref. 4)

Distribuição Países | Áreas FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Introduções

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

Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade

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

Descrição suscinta Morfologia

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 Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas

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

Referência principal Referências | Coordenador | Colaboradores

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

Status na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Não avaliada

Status no CITES (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Uso pelos humanos

Pescarias: espécies comerciais; isca: occasionally
FAO - pescarias: 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).

Categoria de preço (Ref. 80766): Very high.

Upogebia pugettensis (Dana, 1852)