Neolithodes duhameli
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Anomura |
Family: | Lithodidae |
Genus: | Neolithodes |
Species: | N. duhameli
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Binomial name | |
Neolithodes duhameli Macpherson, 2004[1]
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Neolithodes duhameli is a species of king crab which is found in the Crozet Islands in the southwestern Indian Ocean from a depth of 620–1,500 metres (2,030–4,920 ft).[1][2]
Description
[edit]Neolithodes duhameli has a deep-red colour and many scattered long thin spines around the dorsal carapace and numerous small spinules. Neolithodes duhameli may reach spines longer than those of N. grimaldii. N. duhameli is known from the Crozet islands 620–1,500 m (2,030–4,920 ft). [3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Macpherson, Enrique (26 March 2004). "A new species and new records of lithodid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae) from the Crozet and Kerguelen Islands area (Subantarctica)". Polar Biology. 27 (7): 418–422. Bibcode:2004PoBio..27..418M. doi:10.1007/s00300-004-0609-1. S2CID 25109992.
- ^ 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. 73, 96. ISBN 978-0478232851. LCCN 2010497356. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 February 2020.
- ^ Hall, Sally; Thatje, Sven (2018-04). "Evolution through cold and deep waters: the molecular phylogeny of the Lithodidae (Crustacea: Decapoda)". The Science of Nature.
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(help) - ^ www.semanticscholar.org https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Some-lithodid-crabs-(Crustacea%253A-Decapoda%253A-from-the-Macpherson/b4bb4873f20eb2f5e2a595890a29c37906a48e15/figure/0&ved=2ahUKEwiezICZhJiNAxXuyzgGHT9BAj44FBAWegQIMhAB&usg=AOvVaw0Y271l6Y4vk98guKoLuTyb. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
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External links
[edit]Data related to Neolithodes duhameli at Wikispecies
- Images of N. duhameli at the National Museum of Natural History, France