Neolithodes vinogradovi
| Neolithodes vinogradovi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Lithodidae |
| Genus: | Neolithodes |
| Species: | N. vinogradovi
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| Binomial name | |
| Neolithodes vinogradovi Macpherson, 1988[1]
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Neolithodes vinogradovi is a species of king crab whose native habitat ranges from the Arabian Sea to the Coral Sea.[2][1][3]
In the eastern Indian Ocean, one was found at a depth of 1,600 metres (5,200 ft), while in the Coral Sea, two specimens were found in the range of 1,920–2,110 metres (6,300–6,920 ft).[1][3] Small differences were observed between the specimen found in the Indian Ocean and the two found in the Coral Sea.[3]
Appearance
[edit]N. vinogradovi has a has a pyriform carapace – the large male holotype's being measured at 109 mm (4.3 in) in length and 113 mm (4.4 in) in width.[1][3] Long spines on its carapace's dorsal surface are arranged in a square pattern, and the surface between the spines is essentially smooth.[1] The long spines on its chelipeds and walking legs in conjunction with the lack of smaller spines between them distinguish it from other Neolithodes.[1]
Etymology
[edit]"Neolithodes" is derived from Greek and Latin and means "new stone-crab",[4] while the species name "vinogradovi" is a dedication to the carcinologist L. G. Vinogradov.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g Macpherson, Enrique (1988). "Revision of the family Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) in the Atlantic Ocean" (PDF). Monografías de Zoología Marina. II: 46–47. ISSN 0213-4020. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 14, 2020 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
- ^ Witte, Ursula (6 July 1999). "Consumption of large carcasses by scavenger assemblages in the deep Arabian Sea: observations by baited camera". Marine Ecology Progress Series. 183: 139–147. doi:10.3354/meps183139. JSTOR 24853267.
- ^ a b c d Macpherson, Enrique (1990). "Crustacea Decapoda: On some species of Lithodidae from the Western Pacific". Mémoires du Muséum National D'Hostoire Naturelle. Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM. 6: 217–226. ISSN 1243-4442.
- ^ Emmerson, W. D. (July 2016). A Guide to, and Checklist for, the Decapoda of Namibia, South Africa and Mozambique. Vol. 2. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-4438-9097-7.
External links
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