Lithodes murrayi
| Lithodes murrayi | |
|---|---|
| |
| Dorsal view of Lithodes murrayi | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Lithodidae |
| Genus: | Lithodes |
| Species: | L. murrayi
|
| Binomial name | |
| Lithodes murrayi Henderson, 1888[1]
| |
Lithodes murrayi, also known as the subantarctic stone crab,[2] is a species of king crab.[3] It lives near islands in the southwestern Indian Ocean on muddy bottoms at depths of 35–1,015 m (115–3,330 ft).[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ Henderson, John Robertson (1888). "Report on the Anomura collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76". Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S Challenger During the Years 1873-76. Zoology. Vol. XXVII. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland – via the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ Pohle, Gerhard; Kenchington, Trevor John; Halliday, R.G. (1992). Potentially exploitable deepwater resources off Atlantic Canada (Report). Bedford Institute of Oceanography Department of Fisheries and Oceans – via ResearchGate.
Lithodes murrayi, the subantarctic stone crab, has also been briefly fished commercially off southwestern Africa [...]
- ^ De Grave, Sammy (2021). "Lithodes murrayi Henderson, 1888". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ 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. 70–73. 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.
- ^ Lovrich, Gustavo A.; Tapella, Federico (2014). "Southern King Crabs". In Stevens, Bradley G. (ed.). King Crabs of the World (1st ed.). CRC Press. p. 450. doi:10.1201/b16664. ISBN 978-0-429-06317-6.
External links
[edit]
Media related to Lithodes murrayi at Wikimedia Commons
 | This Anomura article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |