Lithodes macquariae

Lithodes macquariae
Conservation status
	; Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Anomura
Family:	Lithodidae
Genus:	Lithodes
Species:	L. macquariae
Binomial name
	Lithodes macquariae; Ahyong, 2010

Lithodes macquariae is a species of king crab located off Macquarie Island, the Auckland Islands, and Peter I Island. It has been found at depths of 16–1,140 m (52–3,740 ft).^[2]^[3]

Appearance

L. macquariae is deep-red in colour and has a pyriform carapace with short, conical spines.^[2] Its carapace has been measured to be as large as 145.1 mm (5.71 in) in length and 116.8 mm (4.60 in) in width.^[2] It was previously misidentified as L. murrayi.^[2]

References

^ 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. 24. ISBN 978-1-99-118365-1. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ahyong, Shane T. (2010). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: King Crabs of New Zealand, Australia, and the Ross Sea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae) (PDF). NIWA Diversity Memoirs. Vol. 123. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research. pp. 48–55. ISBN 978-0478232851. LCCN 2010497356. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 February 2020.
^ Anosov, Sergey E.; Spiridonov, Vassily A.; Neretina, Tatiana V.; Uryupova, Ekaterina F.; Schepetov, Dimitry (27 September 2014). "King crabs of the western Atlantic sector of Antarctic and adjacent areas: new records, molecular barcode data and distribution (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae)". Polar Biology. 38: 231–249. doi:10.1007/s00300-014-1581-z.

External links

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[NZTCS-1] 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. 24. ISBN 978-1-99-118365-1. Retrieved 19 March 2023.

[AhyongNIWA-2] Ahyong, Shane T. (2010). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: King Crabs of New Zealand, Australia, and the Ross Sea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae) (PDF). NIWA Diversity Memoirs. Vol. 123. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research. pp. 48–55. ISBN 978-0478232851. LCCN 2010497356. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 February 2020.

[3] Anosov, Sergey E.; Spiridonov, Vassily A.; Neretina, Tatiana V.; Uryupova, Ekaterina F.; Schepetov, Dimitry (27 September 2014). "King crabs of the western Atlantic sector of Antarctic and adjacent areas: new records, molecular barcode data and distribution (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae)". Polar Biology. 38: 231–249. doi:10.1007/s00300-014-1581-z.

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