Neolithodes asperrimus

Neolithodes asperrimus is a species of king crab native to the coast of Africa. It has been found in South Africa and Mauritania at depths of 997–1,862 metres (3,271–6,109 ft),^[2][3][4] and Neolithodes aff. asperrimus has been found in Madagascar, Réunion, and the South Region of Brazil.^[5][6]

Neolithodes asperrimus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Anomura
Family:	Lithodidae
Genus:	Neolithodes
Species:	N. asperrimus
Binomial name
Neolithodes asperrimus Barnard, 1947[1]

They are known to be parasitised by Iphigenella acanthopoda, a species of Gammaridea.^[7]

See also

• Crustaceans portal

• Neolithodes agassizii, a species closely related to N. asperrimus

References

1. Bernard, K. H. (June 1946). "Descriptions of new species of South African decapod Crustacea, with notes on synonymy and new records" (PDF). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 11 (13): 361–392. doi:10.1080/00222934608654562. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 April 2016 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
2. Kensley, B. F. (June 1968). "Deep Sea Decapod Crustacea from West of Cape Point, South Africa" (PDF). Annals of the South African Museum. 50 (12): 282–324. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 May 2020.
3. de Matos-Pita, Susana S.; Ramil, Fran; Ramos, Ana (September 2018). "Marine lobsters and lithodids (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Mauritanian deep-waters (NW Africa)". Regional Studies in Marine Science. 23: 32–38. Bibcode:2018RSMS...23...32D. doi:10.1016/j.rsma.2018.01.001. ISSN 2352-4855. Neolithodes asperrimus showed the highest occurrence in the area, being collected from 45 stations distributed evenly along the entire Mauritanian coast between 997 and 1862 m depth
4. Muñoz, Isabel; García-Isarch, Eva (11 June 2013). "New occurrences of lithodid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae) from the coasts of Africa, with the description of a new species of Paralomis White, 1856". Zootaxa. 3670 (1): 45–54. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3670.1. PMID 26438920.
5. Macpherson, Enrique (1988). "Lithodid crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Lithodidae) from Madagascar and La Reunión (SW Indian Ocean)" (PDF). Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 10 (1): 117–133. ISSN 1280-9551 – via the Spanish National Research Council.
6. Lianos, L.; Mollemberg, M. C.; Lima, D. J. M.; Santana, W. (25 August 2017). "New records of king crabs (Decapoda, Anomura, Lithodidae) from southern Brazil". Crustaceana. 90 (7–10): 981–988. doi:10.1163/15685403-00003666.
7. Vader, Wim; Tandberg, Anne Helene S. (July 2015). "Amphipods as Associates of Other Crustacea: A Survey". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 35 (4): 522–532. doi:10.1163/1937240X-00002343.

External links

• Data related to Neolithodes asperrimus at Wikispecies