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Neolithodes asperrimus

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Neolithodes asperrimus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Lithodidae
Genus: Neolithodes
Species:
N. asperrimus
Binomial name
Neolithodes asperrimus

Neolithodes asperrimus is a species of king crab native to the coast of Africa. It has been found in South Africa and Mauritania at depths of 997–1,862 metres (3,271–6,109 ft),[2][3][4] and Neolithodes aff. asperrimus has been found in Madagascar, Réunion, and the South Region of Brazil.[5][6]

They are known to be parasitised by Iphigenella acanthopoda, a species of Gammaridea.[7]

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  1. ^ Bernard, K. H. (June 1946). "Descriptions of new species of South African decapod Crustacea, with notes on synonymy and new records" (PDF). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 11 (13): 361–392. doi:10.1080/00222934608654562. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 April 2016 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
  2. ^ Kensley, B. F. (June 1968). "Deep Sea Decapod Crustacea from West of Cape Point, South Africa" (PDF). Annals of the South African Museum. 50 (12): 282–324. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 May 2020.
  3. ^ de Matos-Pita, Susana S.; Ramil, Fran; Ramos, Ana (September 2018). "Marine lobsters and lithodids (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Mauritanian deep-waters (NW Africa)". Regional Studies in Marine Science. 23: 32–38. Bibcode:2018RSMS...23...32D. doi:10.1016/j.rsma.2018.01.001. ISSN 2352-4855. Neolithodes asperrimus showed the highest occurrence in the area, being collected from 45 stations distributed evenly along the entire Mauritanian coast between 997 and 1862 m depth
  4. ^ Muñoz, Isabel; García-Isarch, Eva (11 June 2013). "New occurrences of lithodid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae) from the coasts of Africa, with the description of a new species of Paralomis White, 1856". Zootaxa. 3670 (1): 45–54. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3670.1. PMID 26438920.
  5. ^ Macpherson, Enrique (1988). "Lithodid crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Lithodidae) from Madagascar and La Reunión (SW Indian Ocean)" (PDF). Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 10 (1): 117–133. ISSN 1280-9551 – via the Spanish National Research Council.
  6. ^ Lianos, L.; Mollemberg, M. C.; Lima, D. J. M.; Santana, W. (25 August 2017). "New records of king crabs (Decapoda, Anomura, Lithodidae) from southern Brazil". Crustaceana. 90 (7–10): 981–988. doi:10.1163/15685403-00003666.
  7. ^ Vader, Wim; Tandberg, Anne Helene S. (July 2015). "Amphipods as Associates of Other Crustacea: A Survey". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 35 (4): 522–532. doi:10.1163/1937240X-00002343.
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