| Scientific name: Inachus leptochirus |
| Nome comum: N/A |
| Common name: N/A |
| Classification: ARTHROPODA > CRUSTACEA > Decapoda > Inachidae |
| Description: A small spider crab. Carapace narrowed anteriorly. Surface and limbs covered with small hook-setae. Greyish or yellowish brown. Males have much larger chelipeds than females. |
Global Distribution: Eastern Atlantic, from the Hebrides to Mauritania, including the Azores; Mediterranean.
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| BIOLOGICAL FEATURES |
| Size: Maximum carapace length 21 mm. |
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| Reproduction: Ovigerous specimens can be found throughout the year.
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| ECOLOGICAL FEATURES |
| Depth range: From 30 to more than 500 m.
Lion Seamount: detected at 621-639 m. |
| Habitat: Demersal. Sublittoral on rocky bottoms, less often on muddy sand. |
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| Commercial interest: Not commercial. |
| Conservation status: Not evaluated.
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| REFERENCES |
INIP (1984c). Programa de Apoio às Pescas na Madeira - V Cruzeiro de Reconhecimento de Pesca e Oceanografia 020451182. Relatório INIP 31, Lisboa, Portugal, 124 pp.
IUCN (2014). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. www.iucnredlist.org
de Kluijver M.J., Ingalsuo S.S. Macrobenthos of the North Sea - Crustacea. Accessed through: Marine Species Identification Portal. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://species-identification.org (2014).
Manning R.B., Holthuis L.B. (1981). West African Brachyuran Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 306. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, USA, 379 pp.
Palomares, M.L.D. and D. Pauly, editors (2014). SeaLifeBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.sealifebase.org, version (04/2014).
www.sealifebase.org/summary/Inachus-leptochirus.html |
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