Paralomis granulosa

Paralomis granulosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Lithodidae
Genus: Paralomis
Species:
P. granulosa
Binomial name
Paralomis granulosa
Synonyms[2]

Paralomis granulosa, also known as the false king crab, the Chilean snow crab, and centollón (Spanish), is a species of king crab.[3][4] It lives around the southern tip of South America in Chile, Argentina, and the Falkland Islands.[5][6] It is smaller than Lithodes santolla – a sympatric species of king crab – having a carapace length up to 115 mm (4.5 in), and weighing up to 1.5 kg (3.3 lb).[7]

References

  1. ^ Hombron, Jacques Bernard; Jacquinot, Honoré (1842–1854). "Description des Crustacés". Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée pendant les années 1837-1838-1839-1840. Vol. Zoologie III. pp. 94–96. Retrieved 21 October 2024 – via the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. ^ Ahyong, Shane T. (21 March 2023). "Paralomis granulosa (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  3. ^ Loher, Timothy (2014). "Modeling Larval Advection and Spatial Population Structure in King Crabs: Interactions among Life-History Requirements, Extrinsic Forcing, and Source–Sink Dynamics". In Stevens, Bradley G. (ed.). King Crabs of the World (1st ed.). CRC Press. p. 540. doi:10.1201/b16664. ISBN 978-0-429-06317-6.
  4. ^ Macpherson, Enrique (June 1988). Revision of the family Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) in the Atlantic Ocean (PDF). Monografías de Zoología Marina. Vol. 2. pp. 94–97. doi:10.1163/9789004627369. ISBN 978-84-00-06807-3. S2CID 127331902. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 November 2023 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
  5. ^ Calcagno, Javier A.; Lovrich, Gustavo A.; Thatje, Sven; Nettelmann, Uwe; Anger, Klaus (October 2005). "First year growth in the lithodids Lithodes santolla and Paralomis granulosa reared at different temperatures". Journal of Sea Research. 54 (3): 221–230. Bibcode:2005JSR....54..221C. doi:10.1016/j.seares.2005.04.004. hdl:11336/155870. ISSN 1385-1101.
  6. ^ Hoggarth, Daniel D. (October 1993). "The life history of the lithodid crab, Paralomis granulosa, in the Falkland Islands". ICES Journal of Marine Science. 50 (4): 405–424. doi:10.1006/jmsc.1993.1045.
  7. ^ Lovrich, Gustavo A.; Vinuesa, Julio H. (1999). "Reproductive potential of the lithodids Lithodes santolla and Paralomis granulosa (Anomura, Decapoda) in the Beagle Channel, Argentina". Scientia Marina. 63 (Supl. 1): 355–360. doi:10.3989/scimar.1999.63s1355.
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