Neolithodes capensis

Neolithodes capensis is a species of king crab which is found in the Southern Ocean and the western Indian Ocean. It has been found to a depth of 660–3,200 metres (2,170–10,500 ft).[2][3][4]

Neolithodes capensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Family:
Lithodidae
Genus:
Neolithodes
Species:
N. capensis
Binomial name
Neolithodes capensis

They have been found near Cape Point[1] and around the Crozet and Kerguelen Islands in the subantarctic,[5] and they are widespread in the Bellingshausen Sea on the Antarctic continental slope.[6][7]

N. capensis closely resembles Neolithodes yaldwyni, another king crab of the Southern Ocean.[4]

References
  1. Stebbing, Thomas R. R. (1905). "South African Crustacea. Part III". In Gilchrist, John Dow Fisher (ed.). Marine Investigations in South Africa. IV. pp. 70–73.
  2. Macpherson, Enrique (1988). "Revision of the family Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) in the Atlantic Ocean" (PDF). Monografías de Zoología Marina. II: 40–42. ISSN 0213-4020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 March 2020 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
  3. Griffiths, Huw J.; Whittle, Rowan J.; Roberts, Stephen J.; Belchier, Mark; Linse, Katrin (July 2013). Archambault, Philippe (ed.). "Antarctic Crabs: Invasion or Endurance?". PLoS One. 8 (7): e66981. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...866981G. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0066981. PMC 3700924. PMID 23843974.
  4. 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. 123. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research. pp. 73, 107. ISBN 978-0478232851. LCCN 2010497356. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 February 2020.
  5. Macpherson, Enrique (26 March 2004). "A new species and new records of lithodid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae) from the Crozet and Kerguelen Islands area (Subantarctica)". Polar Biology. 27 (7): 418–422. doi:10.1007/s00300-004-0609-1.
  6. García Raso, J. E.; Manjón-Cabeza, M. E.; Ramos, A.; Olaso, I. (23 March 2005). "New record of Lithodidae (Crustacea Decapoda, Anomura) from the Antarctic (Bellingshausen Sea)" (PDF). Polar Biology. 28 (8): 642–646. doi:10.1007/s00300-005-0722-9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 May 2020 – via the University of Málaga.
  7. Thatje, Sven; Hall, Sally; Hauton, Chris; Held, Christoph; Tyler, Paul (27 May 2008). "Encounter of lithodid crab Paralomis birsteini on the continental slope off Antarctica, sampled by ROV" (PDF). Polar Biology. 31 (9): 1143–1148. doi:10.1007/s00300-008-0457-5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 July 2018 – via the University of Southampton.
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