Rugose Squat Lobster
Munida sarsi
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
The Rugose Squat Lobster faces significant pressure from commercial bottom trawling activities that damage its deep-sea habitat and directly remove individuals from populations. Climate change poses an additional threat through ocean acidification and warming temperatures that affect the species' calcium carbonate shell formation and alter the distribution of its preferred cold-water environments. Deep-sea mining exploration and potential future extraction activities represent an emerging threat to the seafloor communities where this species resides.
Habitat
The Rugose Squat Lobster inhabits deep continental shelf and slope environments, typically found on muddy and sandy substrates at depths ranging from 200 to 1,500 meters. This species prefers cold-water environments along the North Atlantic continental margins, where it occupies burrows and crevices in soft sediments.
Other threatened species in Munididae
Threatened in Denmark
Frequently asked questions
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