Neolithodes nipponensis
| Neolithodes nipponensis | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Lithodidae |
| Genus: | Neolithodes |
| Species: | N. nipponensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Neolithodes nipponensis Sakai, 1971[1]
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Neolithodes nipponensis (Japanese: ニホンイバラガニ, 'Japanese spiny crab')[2]: 12 [3]: 54 is a species of king crab that is found in Japan and Taiwan.[1][4][5] It has been found at depths from 200–1,752 metres (656–5,748 ft).[5]
Description
[edit | edit source]Neolithodes nipponensis has a rounded pentagonal carapace whose margins are covered in several dozen sharp spines.[1] It has been measured with a carapace length as large as 191 mm (7.5 in).[6] With a legspan of approximately 108 cm (43 in), its walking legs are densely covered with sharp prickles.[1] Its chelipeds are similarly covered in prickles, but these are mixed in with longer spines angled substantially away the from perpendicular.[1] It has a very short rostrum of approximately 1⁄20 the length of its carapace.[1] Its underside has seven abdominal segments which are well-defined and covered with prickles.[1]
Distribution
[edit | edit source]In 2001, an article was published in Zoosystema which reported N. nipponensis in Fiji.[7] Likewise, in 2003, an article was published in Scientia Marina which reported it in the Solomon Islands.[8] However, both of these appear to be a yet-undescribed species.[9]
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]"Neolithodes" is derived from Greek and Latin and means "new stone-crab",[10] while "nipponensis" – "Nippon" with the Latin suffix "-ensis" – means "of or from Japan".
See also
[edit | edit source]- Neolithodes flindersi, a species which closely resembles N. nipponensis
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Image at the Taiwan Encyclopedia of Life
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