Lithodes aotearoa
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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: | Lithodes |
| Species: | L. aotearoa
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| Lithodes aotearoa | |
Holotype site: NIWA 34924[2]
Lithodes aotearoa is a New Zealand species of king crab.[2] It had formerly been confused with L. longispina and L. murrayi, but neither of those species are found in New Zealand.[2] Alongside Neolithodes brodiei, it is one of the two most widespread and common lithodids in New Zealand waters.[2]
Appearance
[edit]L. aotearoa is deep-purplish red in colour and has prominent, slender spines on its dorsal surface with the area inbetween being mostly smooth.[2] They have a pyriform carapace having been measured as large as 240 mm (9.4 in) in length and 199.1 mm (7.84 in) in width, making them one of the two largest lithodids known from New Zealand alongside N. brodiei.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Funnell, Greig; et al. (January 2023). Todd, Amanda (ed.). Conservation status of indigenous marine invertebrates in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021 (PDF) (Report). New Zealand Department of Conservation. p. 36. ISBN 978-1-99-118365-1. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g Shane T. Ahyong (2010). "The marine fauna of New Zealand: king crabs of New Zealand, Australia and the Ross Sea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae)" (PDF). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir. 123: 1–194. ISSN 1174-0043. Wikidata Q63247008.
External links
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Data related to Lithodes aotearoa at Wikispecies
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