Neolithodes agassizii

Neolithodes agassizii
Dorsal view of Neolithodes agassizii
Neolithodes agassizii eating a mussel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Lithodidae
Genus: Neolithodes
Species:
N. agassizii
Binomial name
Neolithodes agassizii
(Smith, 1882)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Lithodes agassizii Smith, 1882

Neolithodes agassizii is a species of king crab native to the Western Atlantic. They live at depths of 200–1,900 metres (660–6,230 ft),[3] and have been found as far south as Rio de Janeiro,[4] as far north as latitude 36°,[5] and near the Equator.[6] It has been found in the southwestern Caribbean Sea as well as the Gulf of Mexico.[7][8]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Smith 1882 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ De Grave, Sammy (25 July 2022). "Neolithodes agassizii (Smith, 1882)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  3. ^ Felder, Darryl L.; Álvarez, Fernando; Goy, Joseph W.; Lemaitre, Rafael (2009). "Decapoda (Crustacea)". In Felder, Darryl L.; Camp, David K. (eds.). Gulf of Mexico: Origin, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press. p. 1069. ISBN 978-1603440943. LCCN 2008025312.
  4. ^ de Almeida Alves-Júnior, Flavio; et al. (27 July 2018). "New Records of Two Deep-Sea Crabs of the Family Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819 (Crustacea: Decapoda) in the Southwestern Atlantic". Thalassas. 35: 117–122. doi:10.1007/s41208-018-0098-6. S2CID 133766601. [...] while Neolithodes only has two species recorded from Brazil, Neolithodes agassizii (Smith, 1882) from Bahia to Rio de Janeiro [...]
  5. ^ Pohle, Gerhard W. (1992). "First Canadian record of Paralomis bouvieri Hansen, 1908 (Decapoda: Anomura: Lithodidae), infected by the rhizocephalan Briarosaccus callosus (Cirripedia: Peltogastridae) and carrying a hyperparasitic cryptoniscinid isopod (Epicaridea)". Canadian Journal of Zoology. 70 (8): 1625–1629. doi:10.1139/z92-224 – via ResearchGate.
  6. ^ Macpherson, Enrique (1988). "Revision of the family Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) in the Atlantic Ocean" (PDF). Monografías de Zoología Marina. II: 33–37. ISSN 0213-4020. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 14, 2020 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
  7. ^ Martínez-Campos, Bibian; Dueñas, Luisa F.; León, Jorge; Puentes, Vladimir (2023). "Presence of the deep-sea lithodid crabs Neolithodes agassizii and Paralomis pectinata (Anomura, Lithodidae) in the Colombian Caribbean Sea". Marine Reports. 2 (1): 1–8. doi:10.5281/zenodo.8050512. ISSN 2822-5155.
  8. ^ Wicksten, Mary K.; Packard, Jane M. (September 2005). "A qualitative zoogeographic analysis of decapod crustaceans of the continental slopes and abyssal plain of the Gulf of Mexico". Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 52 (9): 1745–1765. Bibcode:2005DSRI...52.1745W. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2005.04.006.