Podophthalmus vigil, Periscope crab : fisheries

Podophthalmus vigil   (Fabricius, 1798)

Periscope crab

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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Portunidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

; djupintervall 0 - 77 m (Ref. 96667).  Tropical; 37°N - 38°S, 33°E - 149°W

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Indo-Pacific: from the Red Sea, to Thailand and Philippines to Hawaii and French Polynesia, north to Japan and south to Tanzania, Madagascar and Australia.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm 9.5, range 7 - ? cm Max length : 15.0 cm CW hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 343)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Only species of Podophthalmus with commercial value. Occurs in coastal (Ref. 117213) and offshore waters (Ref. 343). Subtidal (Ref. 106854). Inhabits sandy to muddy substrates (Refs. 343, 121749). Abundant in muddy flats (Ref. 121750). Shallow infratidal species down to 42 m depth but also found swimming at the surface (Refs. 121747, 121749), especially at night (Ref. 121749).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | 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 referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Ng, P.K.L. 1998. (Ref. 343)

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

Fiskeri: kommersiell
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Internet-källor

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, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.1 - 29, mean 27.9 (based on 1364 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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