Callinectes maracaiboensis   Taissoun, 1969

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

| Decapoda | Portunidae

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

.  Tropical

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

Western Central Atlantic: confined to the Lake Maracaibo estuarine system.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 16.0 cm WD macho / no sexado; (Ref. 367); 12 cm WD (female)

Short description Morfología

Carapace almost twice as broad as long; 9 teeth on moderately arched anterolateral margin (including outer orbital tooth and strong lateral spine) tending to be acuminate especially in outer part of row, with tips directed outward; front (excluding inner orbital angles) bearing 4 well-developed teeth, lateral pair moderately acute. Marginal slopes of convex dorsal surface smooth and glistening (when wet), central part and transverse lines variably granulate. Pincers granulate on ridges, fingers of major hand heavily toothed; fifth legs flattened in form of paddles. Male with T-shaped abdomen reaching to anterior 1/4 of thoracic sternite 4; slender first pleopods sinuously curved overlapping in 2 places proximally, diverging distally then recurving to termination near midline and tip of telson, armed distally with dorsolateral band of large and small retrogressive spinules. Color: carapace olive green with variable tints of brown and blue distally, articulations and spines of legs orange and blue; underparts cream and light yellow with suffusion of light blue.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Inhabits brackish to occasionally fresh waters containing much silt and decomposing organic material, usually below 16‰ salinity, on sandy and muddy bottoms and among roots of mangroves (Ref. 367).

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

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 Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Tavares, M. 2003. (Ref. 367)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial
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Herramientas

E-book | Guía de campo

Más información

Países
Áreas FAO
Ecosistemas
Ocurrencias, apariciones
Introducciones
Stocks
Ecología
Dieta
componentes alimenticios
Nombres comunes
Sinónimos
Despredadores
Reproducción
Madurez
Puesta
Fecundidad
Huevos
Egg development
Age/Size
Crecimiento
Length-weight
Length-length
Morfología
Larva
Abundancia
Referencias
Mass conversion
Colaboradores
Imágenes

Fuentes de Internet

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

Estimates based on models

Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.