Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Alpheidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Reef-associated; depth range 0 - 115 m (Ref. 69553). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Africa to Japan, Australia and New Caledonia.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.1 cm CL male/unsexed; (Ref. 69553)
Subtidal. (Ref. 106854). Commonly found among detritus on shallow reef flats and rarely to a depth of 115 m (Ref. 69553). Also found on sandy substrate (Ref. 107938). In dead coral galleries (Ref. 126978).
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.
Chace, F.A. Jr. 1988. (Ref. 69553)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Length-weight
Length-length
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Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 23.8 - 29, mean 27.6 (based on 1456 cells).