Species of king crab
Neolithodes brodiei , also known as Brodie's king crab ,[ 3] is a species of king crab which is native to New Zealand and its adjacent waters.[ 4] It lives at a depth of 500–1,240 metres (1,640–4,070 ft) but is typically found within a depth of 950–1,150 metres (3,120–3,770 ft).[ 4] It is the most widespread and common lithodid in New Zealand waters,[ 4] and the New Zealand Department of Conservation classifies it as "Not Threatened".[ 5]
^ Funnell, Greig; et al. (January 2023). Todd, Amanda (ed.). Conservation status of indigenous marine invertebrates in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021 (PDF) (Report). New Zealand Department of Conservation . p. 36. ISBN 978-1-99-118365-1 . Retrieved 19 March 2023 .
^ Yaldwyn, John Cameron; Dawson, Elliot Watson (June 1970). "Diagnosis of a New Species of Neolithodes (Crustacea: Anomura: Lithodidae) from New Zealand (Note)" (PDF) . New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research . 4 (2): 227–228. Retrieved 16 May 2020 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County .
^ "Brodie's king crab (NEB)" . Fisheries New Zealand. Retrieved 2024-05-13 .
^ a b c Ahyong, Shane T. (2010). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: King Crabs of New Zealand, Australia, and the Ross Sea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae) (PDF) . NIWA Diversity Memoirs. Vol. 123. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research . pp. 74–83. ISBN 978-0478232851 . LCCN 2010497356 . Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 February 2020.
^ Freeman, Debbie; et al. (December 2014). Conservation status of New Zealand marine invertebrates, 2013 (PDF) (Report). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. Vol. 9. Department of Conservation . p. 13. ISBN 978-0478150322 . Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2020 .