Paralomis hystrix
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| Paralomis hystrix | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Family: | Lithodidae |
| Genus: | Paralomis |
| Species: | P. hystrix |
| Binomial name | |
| Paralomis hystrix (De Haan, 1844) |
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Paralomis hystrix is a king crab which lives at a depth of 180–400 m in Tokyo Bay, Enshunada and through to Kyūshū. It has few predators because of its small size and spiky carapace.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Motoo Hiroshi & Toyota Koji (2006). "A case of reversed asymmetry in a lithodid crab, Paralomis hystrix". Cancer (Tokyo) 15: 25–27. http://sciencelinks.jp/j-east/article/200621/000020062106A0668886.php.
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