Stereomastis sculpta, Blind lobsters
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Stereomastis sculpta   (Smith, 1880)

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

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Polychelidae

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

Benthic; depth range 200 - 4000 m (Ref. 79242).  Deep-water

Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Circumglobal.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Deep sea (Ref. 97531). Feeds on large decapod remains. Exhibits detritivorous habits, considered a cropper, where it ingests forams and mud at greater depths (Ref. 116223).

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

Ahyong, S.T. and B.S. Galil 2006 Polychelidae from the southern and western Pacific (Decapoda, Polychelida). Zoosystema 28(3):757-767. (Ref. 79242)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 03 December 2009

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


FAO - Publication: search | FishSource |

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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

Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 71543)		 (0 of 100).
Price category
(Ref. 80766):		 Unknown.