Alpheus utriensis   Ramos & von Prahl, 1989


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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Alpheidae

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

Benthic; depth range 0 - 35 m (Ref. 80376).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Central Pacific: Gulf of California to Colombia.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 2.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 80376); 2.2 cm TL (female)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Combination depth range: min from estimate, max from literature. Found from lower intertidal zone to a depth of 35 m in crevices in coral rubble and coral pavement outcrops and in basaltic rocks, where they live in pairs (Ref. 80376) and on hollow spines of fan clam, Pinna rugosa and feeds on algae growing on the surface of the clam (Ref. 80379).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

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

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Ramos, G.E. and H. von Prahl. 1989. (Ref. 80379)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 26.5 - 29.1, mean 28.2 (based on 138 cells).