Lithodes aotearoa

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Lithodes aotearoa
Juvenile above, adult specimen below

Not Threatened (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Lithodidae
Genus: Lithodes
Species:
L. aotearoa
Binomial name
Lithodes aotearoa
Ahyong, 2010[2]

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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] It is the second most widespread and common lithodid in New Zealand waters after Neolithodes brodiei,[2] and the New Zealand Department of Conservation classifies it as "Not Threatened".[1]

Appearance

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 the largest lithodids known from New Zealand.[2]

References

  1. ^ 1.0 1.1 Freeman, Debbie; et al. (December 2014). Conservation status of New Zealand marine invertebrates, 2013 (PDF) (Report). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. Vol. 9. Department of Conservation. p. 13. ISBN 978-0478150322. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  2. ^ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Lua error in Module:Cite_Q at line 13: attempt to index a nil value.

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