Neolithodes vinogradovi

Neolithodes vinogradovi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Anomura
Family:	Lithodidae
Genus:	Neolithodes
Species:	N. vinogradovi
Binomial name
Neolithodes vinogradovi Macpherson, 1988[1]

Neolithodes vinogradovi is a species of king crab whose native habitat ranges from the Arabian Sea to the Coral Sea.[2][1][3]

In the eastern Indian Ocean, one was found at a depth of 1,600 metres (5,200 ft), while in the Coral Sea, two specimens were found in the range of 1,920–2,110 metres (6,300–6,920 ft).[1][3] Small differences were observed between the specimen found in the Indian Ocean and the two found in the Coral Sea.[3]

Appearance

N. vinogradovi has a has a pyriform carapace – the large male holotype's being measured at 109 mm (4.3 in) in length and 113 mm (4.4 in) in width.[1][3] Long spines on its carapace's dorsal surface are arranged in a square pattern, and the surface between the spines is essentially smooth.[1] The long spines on its chelipeds and walking legs in conjunction with the lack of smaller spines between them distinguish it from other Neolithodes.[1]

Etymology

"Neolithodes" is derived from Greek and Latin and means "new stone-crab",[4] while the species name "vinogradovi" is a dedication to the carcinologist L. G. Vinogradov.[1]

References

1. Macpherson, Enrique (1988). "Revision of the family Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) in the Atlantic Ocean" (PDF). Monografías de Zoología Marina. II: 46–47. ISSN 0213-4020. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 14, 2020 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
2. Witte, Ursula (6 July 1999). "Consumption of large carcasses by scavenger assemblages in the deep Arabian Sea: observations by baited camera". Marine Ecology Progress Series. 183: 139–147. doi:10.3354/meps183139. JSTOR 24853267.
3. Macpherson, Enrique (1990). "Crustacea Decapoda: On some species of Lithodidae from the Western Pacific". Mémoires du Muséum National D'Hostoire Naturelle. Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM. 6: 217–226. ISSN 1243-4442.
4. Emmerson, W. D. (July 2016). A Guide to, and Checklist for, the Decapoda of Namibia, South Africa and Mozambique. Vol. 2. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-4438-9097-7.

External links

• Data related to Neolithodes vinogradovi at Wikispecies