| Neolithodes yaldwyni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Lithodidae |
| Genus: | Neolithodes |
| Species: | N. yaldwyni
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| Binomial name | |
| Neolithodes yaldwyni Ahyong & Dawson, 2006
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Neolithodes yaldwyni is a species of king crab which is found in the Ross Sea from depths of 124–1,950 metres (407–6,398 ft).[1] It had previously been misidentified as Neolithodes brodiei,[2][3] and it closely resembles Neolithodes capensis.[1]
- ^ a b 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. 101–107. ISBN 978-0478232851. LCCN 2010497356. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 February 2020.
- ^ Ahyong, Shane T.; Dawson, Elliot W. (28 August 2006). "Lithodidae from the Ross Sea, Antarctica, with descriptions of two new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura)". Zootaxa. 1303 (1): 45–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1303.1.3.
- ^ 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.