Anchistus custos

Anchistus custos   (Forsskål, 1775)


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

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Palaemonidae

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

Benthic; depth range 0 - 60 m (Ref. 99823).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-Pacific: Kenya to Australia and New Caledonia.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Subtidal on hard bottom (Ref. 106854). Inhabits intertidal areas and associates with mollusks of the genera Pinna, Atrina and Vasum (Ref. 77944). Feeds by using its chelae as scrapers to remove mucus and entangled food particles from the surface of the host gills such as Pinna atropurpurea ( (Ref. 102725).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Breeds throughout the year (Ref. 102725). Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer (Ref. 833).

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Bruce, A.J. 2005. (Ref. 83471)

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

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.3 - 29, mean 27.8 (based on 1168 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.

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