| Paralomis longipes | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Lithodidae |
| Genus: | Paralomis |
| Species: | P. longipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Paralomis longipes Faxon, 1893 | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
Leptolithodes longipes, Faxon 1893 | |
The dorsal carapace, pereiopods, and chelipeds are covered by small, thick blunt tubercles, each uniquely encircled by a ring of short. Its walking legs are very long, with longitudinal rows of tubercles and short, stout spines over the walking pair of legs. It reaches a carapace length of up to 100 mm (3.9 in) [a] and a carapace width up to 112 mm (4.4 in). [3]
It lives around Chile, Peru, California (including San Diego), Costa Rica and to Colombia. In Peru, it reaches a depth of 760–1,300 m (2,490–4,270 ft) but in Chile reached a depth of 1,100–1,800 m (3,600–5,900 ft). [3]
Paralomis longipes is a species of king crab described by Faxon in 1893, described by its long, elongated legs, It was known to resemble Paralomis multispina , another species of Paralomis . [4] A specimen collected by the "Albatross", which is type USNM 18536, was a large male specimen. According to Roberts, the specimen has a carapace length being measured as large as 108 mm (4.3 in) [b] and the breadth of the carapace was up to 130 mm (5.1 in). [1]
The genus name Paralomis was described by Adam White in 1856. The name is derived from the Greek prefix para- meaning "beside" or "alongside" combined with Lomis, creating a compound that literally means "beside Lomis". [5] [ improper synthesis? ] This nomenclature reflects the morphological similarity between the genus Paralomis and the related genus Lomis, which belongs to the family Lomisidae. The name "longipes" derives from Greek Latin[ which? ]: longpus meaning "long", and pes meaning "foot". [6] [ improper synthesis? ]
The Peruvian specimens is known to be parasitized by large barnacles. [1]