Lithodes turkayi is a species of king crab.[1] It has been found at depths of 70–1,696 m (230–5,564 ft) and lives in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile, the southern Atlantic Ocean near the Falkland Islands, and the Southern Ocean in the Bellingshausen Sea.[1][2]
| Lithodes turkayi | |
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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: | Lithodes |
| Species: | L. turkayi
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| Binomial name | |
| Lithodes turkayi Macpherson, 1988
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Appearance
editL. turkayi is reddish-brownish with red carapace spines and dark red legs.[1] It has a pyriform carapace which has been measured in males to be as long as 109 mm (4.3 in) and as wide as 110 mm (4.3 in).[1] It is morphologically similar to L. murrayi, but its legs distinguish it both in that they are longer proportionally and that they have more numerous but less prominent spines.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Macpherson, Enrique (June 1988). Revision of the family Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) in the Atlantic Ocean (PDF). Monografías de Zoología Marina. Vol. 2. pp. 68–70. doi:10.1163/9789004627369. ISBN 978-84-00-06807-3. S2CID 127331902. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-11-06 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
- ^ Lovrich, Gustavo A.; Tapella, Federico (2014). "Southern King Crabs". In Stevens, Bradley G. (ed.). King Crabs of the World (1st ed.). CRC Press. p. 450. doi:10.1201/b16664. ISBN 978-0-429-06317-6.
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