Neolithodes diomedeae

Neolithodes diomedeae is a species of king crab which is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the southwestern Atlantic Ocean, and the Bellingshausen and Scotia Seas in the Southern Ocean.[2][3][4][5][6]

Neolithodes diomedeae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Lithodidae
Genus: Neolithodes
Species:
N. diomedeae
Binomial name
Neolithodes diomedeae
Benedict, 1894[1]

Diet

Neolithodes diomedeae are opportunistic, necrophagous scavengers.[3][7] In the Gulf of California's abyssal plain, they live around hydrothermal vents and feed on organic material which falls from the pelagic zone.[3]

References
  1. Benedict, James Everard (1894). "Scientific Results of Explorations by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. XVII: 479–488. ISSN 0096-3801.
  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. 123. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research. p. 73. ISBN 978-0478232851. LCCN 2010497356. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 February 2020.
  3. Escobar-Briones, Elva; Morales, Pedro; Cienfuegos, Edith; González, Manuel (December 2002). "Carbon sources and trophic position of two abyssal species of Anomura, Munidopsis alvisca (Galatheidae) and Neolithodes diomedeae (Lithodidae)" (PDF). In Hendrickx, Michel Edmond (ed.). Contributions to the Study of East Pacific Crustaceans. 1. National Autonomous University of Mexico. pp. 37–432. ISBN 978-9703201686 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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 (2): 231–249. doi:10.1007/s00300-014-1581-z. Retrieved 21 May 2020 – via ResearchGate.
  7. Yau, Cynthia; Collins, Martin A.; Bagley, Phil M.; Everson, Inigo; Priede, Imants G. (2002). "Scavenging by megabenthos and demersal fish on the South Georgia slope". Antarctic Science. 14 (1): 16–24. Bibcode:2002AntSc..14...16Y. doi:10.1017/S0954102002000536. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2020 – via ResearchGate.
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