Paralomis spinosissima, Antarctic stone crab : fisheries

Paralomis spinosissima   Birstein & Vinogradov, 1972

Antarctic stone crab

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

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Lithodidae | Lithodinae

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

Benthic; depth range 120 - 1690 m (Ref. 3212).  Temperate, preferred 1°C (Ref. 107945); 37°S - 60°S, 70°W - 71°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Southern Oceans: Chile, South Georgia, Falkland Islands, Kerguelen Arc and the Antarctic Continental Shelf.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 11.0 cm CL male/unsexed; (Ref. 356); max. published weight: 559.00 g (Ref. 2690)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum depth from Ref. 93860. Tends to concentrate in areas near the shelf break (Ref. 106921).

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: Version 2024-2)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Fisheries: landings | FIRMS (Stock assessments) | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Internet sources

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

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 1.4 - 4.7, mean 2.4 (based on 163 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Low to moderate vulnerability (34 of 100).
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); based on nutrient studies.

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