| Neolithodes indicus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Lithodidae |
| Genus: | Neolithodes |
| Species: | N. indicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Neolithodes indicus Padate, Cubelio & Takeda, 2020 [1] | |
Neolithodes indicus is a species of king crab found in the southeastern Arabian Sea. [1]
N. indicus has a pyriform carapace whose dorsal surface is heavily populated with small spinules inbetween major, conical spines; at the longest in one of its female paratypes, it has been measured at 188.3 mm (7.41 in) in length and 169.7 mm (6.68 in) in width. [1] Its rostrum is about 3–10% the length of the carapace – excluding the rostrum itself – in large specimens. [1] Like the carapace, its chelipeds and walking legs are covered in small spinules, and its rear walking legs – which are the longest – have four major spines. [1] The chelipeds and walking legs are lighter in colouration than the carapace, however, which is a clay-like reddish-brown. [1] Its chelae have several small spines and are lined with rows of golden setae. [1]
On the underside, its short, cylindrical fifth set of legs are tucked under its abdomen and covered in bristles. [1] Except for the first segment which is sparsely populated with tubercles, the abdomen is covered in numerous evenly spaced spinules. [1] The median and submedian plates of the second segment of its abdomen bear large spines, as do the margins of the second through fifth segments. [1]
N. indicus is known from three female specimens collected in the southeastern Arabian Sea off the coast of Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, India from 2013 to 2014. [1] These three specimens were found at depths between 1,064–1,338 m (3,491–4,390 ft) in the mid-continental slope on a bathymetric protrusion known as the Terrace of Trivandrum. [1]
N. indicus was described in 2020 by carcinologists Vinay Padate, Sherine Sonia Cubelio, and Masatsune Takeda. [1] Its genus name "Neolithodes" is derived from Greek and Latin and means "new stone-crab", [2] while its species name "indicus" is Latin for "Indian". [1] It is likely conspecific with Neolithodes alcocoki, a nomen nudum suggested in the 1980s, [1] and it was originally identified erroneously as Lithodes agassizii [a] by A.R.S. Anderson in 1896. [1] [3] N. indicus most closely resembles N. brodiei from New Zealand, N. flindersi from southeastern Australia, and N. nipponensis from Japan and Taiwan. [1]
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Paralomis is a widely distributed, highly speciose, and morphologically diverse genus of king crabs in the subfamily Lithodinae.
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Oregonia bifurca, commonly known as the split-nose crab or the split-nose decorator crab, is a species of crabs belonging to the family Oregoniidae. It is a rare deep-water species that inhabits the tops of seamounts and guyots in the northeastern Pacific Ocean; from the Aleutian Islands, the Bering Sea, the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain, to the waters off British Columbia. It is closely related to the more common shallow-water species Oregonia gracilis, the graceful decorator crab.
Lauridromia intermedia is a species of crab in the family Dromiidae and is native to the western Indo-Pacific. It often carries a piece of sponge on its back by way of camouflage, and one individual was found carrying a sea anemone in a similar manner.
Hyas coarctatus is a marine crab species native to the North Atlantic. It is characterized by a lyriformed shell.
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Neolithodes bronwynae, commonly known as the rock crab, is a species of king crab which is found at the Whakatane Seamount in the Bay of Plenty, the Lord Howe Rise near Lord Howe Island, eastern Australia, and possibly New Caledonia. It has been found at depths of 1,515–2,643 metres (4,970–8,671 ft).
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