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Indo-West Pacific and Atlantic Ocean: Southeast Asia to Australia and westward to India.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm3.2  range ? - ? cm Max length : 11.5 cm CW male/unsexed; (Ref. 119018); 5.3 cm CW (female); max. published weight: 30.90 g (Ref. 119018); max. published weight: 30.90 g
Carapace rounded, with 2 long, well-developed lateral spines; anterolateral margins unevenly serrated. Outer surface of palm with strong oblique ridge. Mosaic to reticulate network of maroon lines on a white background.
Intertidal (Ref. 106854) to subtidal, on substrates ranging from sandy, muddy to shelly (Ref. 125642). Matutinae are facultative scavengers and opportunistic predators of benthic invertebrates, feeding mainly on molluscs and small crustaceans (Ref. 108791).
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.