Paralomis aspera

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Paralomis aspera
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Lithodidae
Genus: Paralomis
Species:
P. aspera
Binomial name
Paralomis aspera
Faxon, 1893 [1]
Synonyms [2]

Leptolithodes asper

Paralomis aspera is a species of king crab. [3]

Description

Paralomis aspera has a pentagonal carapace which is as wide as it is long – the female holotype's measuring 113 mm (4.4 in) long and 113 mm (4.4 in) wide. [1] Its rostrum is short [a] and comprises three spines, and the gastric, cardiac, and branchial regions of the carapace are prominent and well-defined. [1] Both the carapace and abdomen are thickly covered with tubercles, each of which are surrounded by a ring of setae. [1] Its chelipeds are densely spinose, and the right is more robust than the left. [1] Its walking legs – long and robust, the rearmost pair measuring 255 mm (10.0 in) in the female holotype – are similarly spinose. [1]

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Distribution

Paralomis aspera has been found off Colombia and Peru at depths ranging from 560–1,270 m (1,840–4,170 ft). [2]

Taxonomy

Paralomis aspera was described in 1893 by American carcinologist Walter Faxon. [1]

Notes

  1. 9 mm (0.35 in) in the female holotype [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Faxon 1893, pp. 164–165.
  2. 1 2 Haig 1974, p. 155.
  3. De Grave, Sammy (30 November 2021). "Paralomis aspera Faxon, 1893". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 13 July 2025.

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