Neolithodes nipponensis is a species of king crab which is found in Japan and Taiwan.[1][2][3] It has been found at depths from 200–1,752 metres (656–5,748 ft).[3]
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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. nipponensis
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| Neolithodes nipponensis Sakai, 1971[1]
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Appearance
editN. nipponensis has a rounded pentagonal carapace whose margins are covered in several dozen sharp spines.[1] It has a legspan of approximately 108 cm (43 in), and its walking legs are densely covered with sharp prickles.[1] Its chelipeds are similarly covered in prickles, but these are mixed in with longer spines angled substantially away the from perpendicular.[1] It has a very short rostrum of approximately 1⁄20 the length of its carapace.[1] Its underside has seven abdominal segments which are well-defined and covered with prickles.[1]
In the Southern Pacific
editIn 2001, an article was published in Zoosystema which reported N. nipponensis in Fiji.[4] Likewise, in 2003, an article was published in Scientia Marina which reported it in the Solomon Islands.[5] However, both of these appear to be a yet-undescribed species.[6]
Etymology
edit"Neolithodes" is derived from Greek and Latin and means "new stone-crab",[7] while "nipponensis" – "Nippon" with the Latin suffix "-ensis" – means "of or from Japan".
See also
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- Neolithodes flindersi, a species which closely resembles N. nipponensis
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g Sakai, Tune (1971). "Illustrations of 15 species of crabs of the family Lithodidae, two of which are new to science". Researches on Crustacea. 4–5: 1–49. doi:10.18353/rcustacea.4.5.0_1. ISSN 2433-0973.
- ^ Ahyong, Shane T. (2010-02-18). "Neolithodes flindersi, a new species of king crab from southeastern Australia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae)". Zootaxa. 2362 (1): 55–62. doi:10.5281/zenodo.193654. Retrieved 2020-05-21 – via ResearchGate.
- ^ a b Macpherson, Enrique; Chan, Tin-Yam (2008-11-05). "Some lithodid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae) from Taiwan and adjacent waters, with the description of one new species from Guam" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1924 (1): 43–52. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1924.1.2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2020-05-21 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
- ^ Macpherson, Enrique (2001). "New species and new records of lithodid crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the southwestern and Central Pacific Ocean" (PDF). Zoosystema. 23 (4): 797–805. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-08-13. Retrieved 2020-05-21 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
- ^ Macpherson, Enrique (2003). "Some lithodid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae) from the Solomon Islands (SW Pacific Ocean), with the description of a new species*" (PDF). Scientia Marina. 67 (4): 413–418. doi:10.3989/scimar.2003.67n4413. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-07-22. Retrieved 2020-05-21 – via the Spanish National Research Council.
- ^ 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. 73, 96. ISBN 978-0478232851. LCCN 2010497356. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-02-15.
- ^ Emmerson, W. D. (July 2016). A Guide to, and Checklist for, the Decapoda of Namibia, South Africa and Mozambique. Vol. 2. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-4438-9097-7.
External links
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Data related to Neolithodes nipponensis at Wikispecies- Image at the Taiwan Encyclopedia of Life
