Neolithodes agassizii

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Neolithodes agassizii
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Lithodidae
Genus: Neolithodes
Species:
N. agassizii
Binomial name
Neolithodes agassizii
Smith, 1882

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]

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[]

  1. ^ 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. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press. p. 1069. ISBN 978-1603440943. LCCN 2008025312. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  2. ^ 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 [...]
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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 15, 2020 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

Further reading[]

  • 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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