Neolithodes vinogradovi

Neolithodes vinogradovi is a species of king crab whose native habitat ranges from the Arabian Sea to the Coral Sea.[2][1][3]

Neolithodes vinogradovi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Lithodidae
Genus: Neolithodes
Species:
N. vinogradovi
Binomial name
Neolithodes vinogradovi
Macpherson, 1988[1]

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]

Etymology

"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

  1. 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 15, 2020 via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Emmerson, W. D. (July 2016). A Guide to, and Checklist for, the Decapoda of Namibia, South Africa and Mozambique. 2. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-4438-9097-7.
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