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Eastern Central Pacific: Gulf of California to Colombia.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 2.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 80376); 2.2 cm TL (female)
Combination depth range: min from estimate, max from literature. Found from lower intertidal zone to a depth of 35 m in crevices in coral rubble and coral pavement outcrops and in basaltic rocks, where they live in pairs (Ref. 80376) and on hollow spines of fan clam, Pinna rugosa and feeds on algae growing on the surface of the clam (Ref. 80379).
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.