Geryon longipes   Milne-Edwards, 1882

Mediterranean geryon

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Geryon longipes

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

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Geryonidae

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

Benthic; depth range 5 - 1950 m (Ref. 106297).  Subtropical; 46°N - 30°N, 13°W - 36°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 6.8 cm CL male/unsexed; (Ref. 114235); 2.7 cm CL (female)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum depth from Ref. 122885. Maximum length for females from Ref. 106104. Both max. lengths are based on occurrences (Refs. 106104, 114235); to be replaced with a better reference. Deep-sea species that inhabits bathyal mud bottoms (Ref. 106307). Occurs on the deep middle (Ref. 105217) and lower slope where the species is abundant (Ref. 122885). Recorded in the deep sea along with the gorgonacean coral Isidella elongata (Ref. 122886).

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

Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum. 2005. (Ref. 19)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(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

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 13.1 - 14.8, mean 13.9 (based on 204 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.3-0.54).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.