Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Ocypodidae
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Ecology
Benthic; brackish. Tropical
Western Central Pacific: Singapore and Malaysia.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Lives in individual burrows in mixed-sex colonies on intertidal mudflats (Ref. 104849). Mates underground in a unique manner, wherein males search and enter burrows of females that are ready to ovulate, or is pre-ovigerous (Ref. 104850). Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer (Ref. 833).
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Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.
Tan, C.G.S. and P.K.L. Ng. 1994. (Ref. 81559)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 123251)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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