Neolithodes agassizii
Neolithodes agassizii is a species of king crab native to the Western Atlantic. They live at depths of 200–1,900 metres (660–6,230 ft),[1] and have been found as far south as Rio de Janeiro,[2] as far north as latitude 36°,[3] and near the Equator.[4] It has been found in the southwestern Caribbean Sea as well as the Gulf of Mexico.[5][6]
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| Dorsal view of Neolithodes agassizii | |
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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. agassizii |
| Binomial name | |
| Neolithodes agassizii Smith, 1882 | |
See also
- Neolithodes grimaldii, a species which small specimens of N. agassizii may be confused for
- Neolithodes indicus, a species originally misidentified as N. agassizii
References
- Felder, Darryl L.; Álvarez, Fernando; Goy, Joseph W.; Lemaitre, Rafael (2009). "Decapoda (Crustacea)". In Felder, Darryl L.; Camp, David K. (eds.). Gulf of Mexico: Origin, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press. p. 1069. ISBN 978-1603440943. LCCN 2008025312.
- de Almeida Alves-Júnior, Flavio; et al. (27 July 2018). "New Records of Two Deep-Sea Crabs of the Family Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819 (Crustacea: Decapoda) in the Southwestern Atlantic". Thalassas. 35: 117–122. doi:10.1007/s41208-018-0098-6. S2CID 133766601.
[...] while Neolithodes only has two species recorded from Brazil, Neolithodes agassizii (Smith, 1882) from Bahia to Rio de Janeiro [...]
- Pohle, Gerhard W. (1992). "First Canadian record of Paralomis bouvieri Hansen, 1908 (Decapoda: Anomura: Lithodidae), infected by the rhizocephalan Briarosaccus callosus (Cirripedia: Peltogastridae) and carrying a hyperparasitic cryptoniscinid isopod (Epicaridea)". Canadian Journal of Zoology. 70 (8): 1625–1629. doi:10.1139/z92-224 – via ResearchGate.
- Macpherson, Enrique (1988). "Revision of the family Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) in the Atlantic Ocean" (PDF). Monografías de Zoología Marina. II: 33–37. ISSN 0213-4020. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 14, 2020 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
- Martínez-Campos, Bibian; Dueñas, Luisa F.; León, Jorge; Puentes, Vladimir (2023). "Presence of the deep-sea lithodid crabs Neolithodes agassizii and Paralomis pectinata (Anomura, Lithodidae) in the Colombian Caribbean Sea". Marine Reports. 2 (1): 1–8. doi:10.5281/zenodo.8050512. ISSN 2822-5155.
- Wicksten, Mary K.; Packard, Jane M. (September 2005). "A qualitative zoogeographic analysis of decapod crustaceans of the continental slopes and abyssal plain of the Gulf of Mexico". Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 52 (9): 1745–1765. Bibcode:2005DSRI...52.1745W. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2005.04.006.
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