Neolithodes nipponensis

Neolithodes nipponensis is a species of king crab which is found in Japan and Taiwan.[2][3] It has been found at depths from 200–1,752 metres (656–5,748 ft).[3]

Neolithodes nipponensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Family:	Lithodidae
Genus:	Neolithodes
Species:	N. nipponensis
Binomial name
Neolithodes nipponensis Sakai, 1971[1]

In the Southern Pacific

In 2001, an article was published in Zoosystema which reported N. nipponensis in Fiji.[4] Likewise, in 2003, an article was published in Scientia Marina which reported it in the Solomon Islands.[5] However, both of these appear to be a yet-undescribed species.[6]

Etymology

"Neolithodes" is derived from Greek and Latin and means "new stone-crab",[7] while "nipponensis" – "Nippon" with the Latin suffix "-ensis" – means "of or from Japan".

See also

• Neolithodes flindersi, a species which closely resembles N. nipponensis

References

1. Sakai, Tune (1971). "Illustrations of 15 species of crabs of the family Lithodidae, two of which are new to science". Researches on Crustacea. 4–5: 1–49. ISSN 2433-0973.
2. Ahyong, Shane T. (2010-02-18). "Neolithodes flindersi, a new species of king crab from southeastern Australia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae)". Zootaxa. 2362 (1): 55–62. doi:10.5281/zenodo.193654. Retrieved 2020-05-21 – via ResearchGate.
3. Macpherson, Enrique; Chan, Tin-Yam (2008-11-05). "Some lithodid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae) from Taiwan and adjacent waters, with the description of one new species from Guam" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1924 (1): 43–52. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1924.1.2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2020-05-21 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
4. Macpherson, Enrique (2001). "New species and new records of lithodid crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the southwestern and Central Pacific Ocean" (PDF). Zoosystema. 23 (4): 797–805. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-08-13. Retrieved 2020-05-21 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
5. Macpherson, Enrique (2003). "Some lithodid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae) from the Solomon Islands (SW Pacific Ocean), with the description of a new species*" (PDF). Scientia Marina. 67 (4): 413–418. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-07-22. Retrieved 2020-05-21 – via the Spanish National Research Council.
6. 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, 96. ISBN 978-0478232851. LCCN 2010497356. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-02-15.
7. Emmerson, W. D. (July 2016). A Guide to, and Checklist for, the Decapoda of Namibia, South Africa and Mozambique. 2. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-4438-9097-7.