Munida rugosa, Rugose squat lobster : fisheries

Munida rugosa   (Fabricius, 1775)

Rugose squat lobster

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

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Munididae

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

Benthic; depth range 30 - 300 m (Ref. 79413).  Temperate; 63°N - 30°N, 18°W - 31°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean: From Shetland to Sognefjord, Norway in the north to Madeira Is. and the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 1.0, range 2 - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Epibenthic (Ref. 87524). Inhabits sandy and muddy bottoms (Ref. 105214). Also found on rocky substrates in shelf waters from shallow to deeper continental slope (Ref. 105215) and on Serpula vermicularis reefs (Ref. 122978). In general, galatheid crabs show a wide spectrum of feeding habits, from being detritivorous, vegetarian, omnivorous, to cannibalistic (Ref. 90632).

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

Jennings, S., J. Lancaster, A. Woolmer and J. Cotter. 1999. (Ref. 3123)

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
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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

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 6.9 - 11.3, mean 9.3 (based on 315 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Fec=6,000).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.

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