However, some may remain as males for another year. Maximum life span is 3 years. The eggs hatch in March and April and the larvae remain near the site of hatching. Larvae metamorphosis to juveniles in late July or August. Males mature in the second autumn, at about 18 months from hatching, and breed with females.
Sex change begins the next spring.
By autumn, the shrimp mature into females and breed. Incubation of eggs is about 5.5 months, hatching the next spring. Relatively few females survive into the fourth year. Food and Growth Food and predators are not well documented although probably similar to other shrimps where food is plankton and small animals and predators include a number of fishes. Male sidestrip shrimp first mature about 18 month after hatching at an average carapace length of 21.6 mm and weight of 6.5 gm.