Paralomis

Paralomis
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
White, 1856[1]
Type species
Paralomis granulosa
(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846)
Synonyms[2]
  • Acantholithus Stimpson, 1858
  • Leptolithodes Benedict, 1895
  • Pristopus Benedict, 1895

Paralomis is a genus of king crabs. It includes the following species:[2]

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
Paralomis aculeata Henderson, 1888 Southwest Indian Ridge
Paralomis africana Macpherson, 1982 Namibia
Paralomis alcockiana Hall & Thatje, 2009
Paralomis alis Ahyong, 2020
Paralomis anamerae Macpherson, 1988
Paralomis arae Macpherson, 2001
Paralomis arethusa Macpherson, 1994
Paralomis aspera Faxon, 1893
Paralomis birsteini Macpherson, 1988 Southern Ocean near Scott Island
Paralomis bouvieri Hansen, 1908
Paralomis ceres Macpherson, 1989
Paralomis chilensis Andrade, 1980
Paralomis cristata Takeda & Ohta, 1979
Paralomis cristulata Macpherson, 1988
Paralomis cubensis Chace, 1939
Paralomis danida Takeda & Bussarawit, 2007
Paralomis dawsoni Macpherson, 2001 New Caledonia, northern New Zealand, and the Solomon Islands
Paralomis debodeorum Feldmann, 1998 New Zealand (MiddleLate Miocene)
Paralomis diomedeae (Faxon, 1893)
Paralomis dofleini Balss, 1911
Paralomis echidna Ahyong, 2010
Paralomis elongata Spiridonov, Turkay, Arntz & Thatje, 2006
Paralomis erinacea Macpherson, 1988
Paralomis formosa Henderson, 1888
Paralomis gowlettholmes Ahyong, 2010
Paralomis granulosa (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846) False king crab, Chilean snow crab
Paralomis grossmani Macpherson, 1988
Paralomis haigae Eldredge, 1976
Paralomis hirtella de Saint Laurent & Macpherson, 1997
Paralomis histrix (De Haan, 1849) Japan (Tokyo Bay to Kyūshū)
Paralomis hystrixoides Sakai, 1980
Paralomis inca Haig, 1974
Paralomis indica Alcock & Anderson, 1899
Paralomis investigatoris Alcock & Anderson, 1899
Paralomis jamsteci Takeda & Hashimoto, 1990
Paralomis japonica Balss, 1911
Paralomis kyushupalauensis Takeda, 1985
Paralomis longidactylus Birstein & Vinogradov, 1972
Paralomis longipes Faxon, 1893
Paralomis macphersoni Muñoz & García-Isarch, 2013
Paralomis makarovi Hall & Thatje, 2009
Paralomis manningi Williams, Smith & Baco, 2000 Deep-sea spider crab West Coast of the United States
Paralomis medipacifica Takeda, 1974
Paralomis mendagnai Macpherson, 2003
Paralomis microps Filhol, 1884
Paralomis multispina (Benedict, 1895)
Paralomis nivosa Hall & Thatje, 2009
Paralomis ochthodes Macpherson, 1988 Indonesia (Gulf of Boni)
Paralomis odawarai (Sakai, 1980)
Paralomis okitoriensis Takeda, 2019 Okinotorishima
Paralomis otsuae Wilson, 1990
Paralomis pacifica Sakai, 1978
Paralomis papillata (Benedict, 1895)
Paralomis papua Ahyong, 2020
Paralomis pectinata Macpherson, 1988
Paralomis phrixa Macpherson, 1992
Paralomis poorei Ahyong, 2010
Paralomis roeleveldae Kensley, 1981
Paralomis seagranti Eldredge, 1976
Paralomis serrata Macpherson, 1988
Paralomis sonne Guzmán, 2009
Paralomis spectabilis Hansen, 1908
Paralomis spinosissima Birstein & Vinogradov, 1972
Paralomis staplesi Ahyong, 2010
Paralomis stella Macpherson, 1988
Paralomis stevensi Ahyong & Dawson, 2006
Paralomis taylorae Ahyong, 2010
Paralomis truncatispinosa Takeda & Miyake, 1980
Paralomis tuberipes Macpherson, 1988 Chile (Puerto Aguirre [es])
Paralomis verrilli (Benedict, 1895)
Paralomis webberi Ahyong, 2010 New Zealand
Paralomis zealandica Dawson & Yaldwyn, 1971 Prickly king crab New Zealand
  1. ^ White, Adam (1856). "Some remarks on Crustacea of the genus Lithodes, with a brief description of a species apparently hitherto unrecorded". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 132–135.
  2. ^ a b Ahyong, Shane T. (12 December 2023). "Paralomis White, 1856". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 21 October 2024.