Necora puber   Linnaeus, 1767

Velvet swimming crab

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

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Portunidae

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

Benthic; depth range 0 - 80 m (Ref. 356), usually ? - 40 m (Ref. 435).  Temperate; 4°C - 28°C (Ref. 112013), preferred 9°C (Ref. 107945); 61°N - 24°N, 16°W - 28°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea: From western Norway to the UK to Western Sahara and the Mediterranean coasts of Spain, France and Italy. Subtropical to temperate.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 4.8, range 4 - 5.95 cm Max length : 10.9 cm CL male/unsexed; (Ref. 96051); 9.84 cm CL (female); common length : 4.5 cm CL male/unsexed; (Ref. 435); max. reported age: 8 years (Ref. 96051)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum depth range from Ref. 101396. Maximum carapace width: 8.4; common carapace width: 5.5 cm (Ref. 435). Common in shallow waters from the intertidal to 80 m (Ref. 83653), common at depths not deeper than 40 m (Ref. 435). Found mostly in rocky shores, confined to the lower tidal mark (Refs. 101396). Inhabits on sand or mud (Ref. 435). Carnivore; trophic level 2.6 (Ref. 96418), trophic level 2.98 (Ref. 435). An opportunistic feeder, mostly preys on molluscs and crustaceans and also feeds on detrital material and large quantities of brown algae (Ref. 96482).

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

SAUP Database. 2006. (Ref. 356)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Fisheries: ; publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.
Nutrients: Calcium = 109 [35, 184] mg/100g; Iron = 1.59 [1.21, 1.97] mg/100g; Protein = 20.2 [19.2, 21.3] %; Omega3 = 0.285 [0.185, 0.386] g/100g; Selenium = 48.3 [-31.7, 128.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 1.79 [1.17, 2.40] mg/100g (wet weight).