| Paralomis zealandica | |
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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: | Paralomis |
| Species: | P. zealandica
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| Binomial name | |
| Paralomis zealandica | |
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Paralomis zealandica, also known as the prickly king crab,[4] is a species of king crab which lives at a depth between 254–1,212 m (833–3,976 ft) in New Zealand. It has a spiky carapace.
It is the most widespread species of Paralomis in New Zealand.[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. 24. ISBN 978-1-99-118365-1. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ Dawson, Elliot Watson; Yaldwyn, John Cameron (6 April 1971). "Diagnosis of a new species of neolithodes (Crustacea: Anomura: Lithodidae) from New Zealand (note)" (PDF). Records of the Dominion Museum. 7 (7): 51–54. ISSN 0373-7233. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ De Grave, Sammy (11 July 2022). "Paralomis zealandica Dawson & Yaldwyn, 1971". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
- ^ "Critter of the Week: The prickly king crab". National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research. Archived from the original on 11 January 2020.
- ^ 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. 175–184. ISBN 978-0478232851. LCCN 2010497356. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 February 2020.