Neolithodes indicus
Species of king crab
Neolithodes indicus is a species of king crab found in the southeastern Arabian Sea.[1] It has been found at depths between 743–1,829 m (2,438–6,001 ft).[1] It was originally identified erroneously as Lithodes agassizii by A.R.S. Anderson in 1896.[1][2]
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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: | Neolithodes |
| Species: | N. indicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Neolithodes indicus Padate, Cubelio & Takeda, 2020[1]
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Etymology
"Neolithodes" is derived from Greek and Latin and means "new stone-crab",[3] while "indicus" is Latin for "Indian".[4]
References
- ^ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Padate, Vinay; Cubelio, Sherine Sonia; Takeda, Masatsune (September 2020). "Description of a new species of deep-water king-crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from the southeastern Arabian Sea". Zootaxa. 4845 (1): 71–82. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4845.1.5. PMID 33056786. S2CID 222823654. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-11-13. Retrieved 2021-11-13 – via ResearchGate.
- ^ Anderson, A.R.S. (1896). "Natural history notes from the R.I.M. Survey Steamer 'Investigator,' Commander C. F. Oldham, R. N., commanding. Series II. No. 21. An account of the deep sea Crustacea collected during the season 1894–95". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. LXV (II): 88–106. ISSN 0368-1068 – via the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ Emmerson, W. D. (2016). A Guide to, and Checklist for, the Decapoda of Namibia, South Africa and Mozambique. Vol. 2. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-4438-9097-7.
- ^ du Cange, Charles (1885). Favre, Léopold (ed.). Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin). Vol. IV (F–K) (Augmented ed.). L. Favre. p. 343.
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External links
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