Lithodes longispina

Lithodes longispina is a species of king crab.[1][2] It has been found in Japan and Taiwan.[1][2] Before 2010, its reach was thought to be much greater than presently understood, such as Australia, New Zealand, and Guam.[3] It has also allegedly been sighted in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.[4]

Lithodes longispina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Lithodidae
Genus: Lithodes
Species:
L. longispina
Binomial name
Lithodes longispina
Sakai, 1971[1]

It closely resembles L. megacantha, L. formosae, and L. paulayi.[5][6]

References

  1. Sakai, Tune (2017). "Illustrations of 15 species of crabs of the family Lithodidae, two of which are new to science". Researches on Crustacea. 4.5: 1–49. doi:10.18353/rcustacea.4.5.0_1. ISSN 2433-0973. S2CID 89692320.
  2. Wang, Teng-Wei; Ahyong, Shane T.; Chan, Tin-Yam (14 January 2016). "First records of Lithodes longispina Sakai, 1971 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Lithodidae) from southwestern Taiwan, including a site in the vicinity of a cold seep" (PDF). Zootaxa. 4066 (2): 173–176. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4066.2.6. PMID 27395543 via ResearchGate.
  3. 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. 101–107. ISBN 978-0478232851. LCCN 2010497356. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 February 2020.
  4. Kelley, Elliott; Karl, McLetchie; Kelley, Christopher D.; et al. (15 August 2015). Okeanos Explorer ROV dive summary, EX1504L2, Dive 14 (Report). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. #19904. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  5. Macpherson, Enrique (1991). "A new species of the genus Lithodes (Crustacea, Decapoda, Lithodidae) from french Polynesia" (PDF). Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. 4. 13 (1): 152–157. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  6. Ahyong, Shane T.; Chan, Tin-Yam (11 January 2010). "Lithodes formosae, a new species of king crab from Taiwan (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2332 (1): 61–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2332.1.5 via ResearchGate.
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