Pleuroncodes monodon
| Pleuroncodes monodon | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Family: | Munididae |
| Genus: | Pleuroncodes |
| Species: | P. monodon |
| Binomial name | |
| Pleuroncodes monodon (H. Milne-Edwards, 1837) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Pleuroncodes monodon, sometimes called the red squat lobster, is a species of squat lobster from the south-eastern Pacific Ocean, where it is the subject of commercial fishery alongside the species Cervimunida johni.[2]
Fishery
The fishery of P. monodon in Chile is divided into two areas, of which the southern unit is the more important. The artisanal fishery of P. monodon was banned in the southern unit for three years, from 1980 to 1982, in an attempt to restore the collapsing population. Afterwards, quotas were put in place to limit the fishery, although another three-year ban, was required from 1989 to 1991. Fishing for P. monodon has again resumed, but at far lower levels than before the initial regulation.[3]
Distribution
Pleuroncodes monodon is found from 41° S in Chile to 15° N in Mexico.[4]
Life cycle
Pleuroncodes monodon produces small eggs, in clutches of up to nearly 34,000; the larvae that hatch from them pass through five planktotrophic zoeal stages, over the course of around 55 days.[4]
References
- ↑ Enrique Macpherson (2014). "Pleuroncodes monodon (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
- ↑ R. W. Ingle (1997). "Imported crayfishes, lobsters and crabs". Crayfishes, Lobsters, and Crabs of Europe: an Illustrated Guide to Common and Traded Species. Springer. pp. 177–232. ISBN 9780412710605.
- ↑ Ingo S. Wehrtmann & Enzo Acuña (2011). "Squat lobster fisheries". In Gary Poore; Shane Ahyong & Joanne Taylor. The Biology of Squat Lobsters. Crustacean Issues. 20. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 297–322. ISBN 9780643101722.
- 1 2 Keiji Baba, Yoshihisa Fujita, Ingo S. Wehrtmann & Gerhard Scholtz (2011). "Developmental biology of squat lobsters". In Gary Poore; Shane Ahyong; Joanne Taylor. The Biology of Squat Lobsters. Crustacean Issues. 20. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 105–148. ISBN 9780643101722.