Lithodes macquariae
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Lithodes macquariae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Anomura |
Family: | Lithodidae |
Genus: | Lithodes |
Species: | L. macquariae
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Binomial name | |
Lithodes macquariae Ahyong, 2010
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Lithodes macquariae is a species of king crab located off Macquarie Island, the Auckland Islands, and Peter I Island. It has been found at depths of 16–1,140 m (52–3,740 ft).[1][2]
Appearance
[edit]L. macquariae is deep-red in colour and has a pyriform carapace with short, conical spines.[1] Its carapace has been measured to be as large as 145.1 mm (5.71 in) in length and 116.8 mm (4.60 in) in width.[1] It was previously misidentified as L. murrayi.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Ahyong, Shane T. (2010). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: King Crabs of New Zealand, Australia, and the Ross Sea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae) (PDF). NIWA Diversity Memoirs. Vol. 123. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research. pp. 48–55. ISBN 978-0478232851. LCCN 2010497356. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 February 2020.
- ^ Anosov, Sergey E.; Spiridonov, Vassily A.; Neretina, Tatiana V.; Uryupova, Ekaterina F.; Schepetov, Dimitry (27 September 2014). "King crabs of the western Atlantic sector of Antarctic and adjacent areas: new records, molecular barcode data and distribution (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae)". Polar Biology. 38: 231–249. doi:10.1007/s00300-014-1581-z.
External links
[edit]- Data related to Lithodes macquariae at Wikispecies