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'''''Neolithodes asperrimus''''', also known as the '''rough stone crab''',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.saeon.ac.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Field-Guide-to-SA-Offshore-Marine-Invertebrates_web-full-version_compressed.pdf|title=Field Guide to the Offshore Marine Invertebrates of South Africa|editor=Atkinson LJ, Sink KJ|publisher=|page=189|ISBN=978-1-86868-098-6|DOI=10.15493/SAEON.PUB.10000001 }}</ref>{{rp|27, 188}} is a species of [[king crab]] native to the coast of Africa. It has been found in [[South Africa]] and [[Mauritania]] at depths of {{Convert|997–1862|m|ft}},<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kensley|first=B. F.|date=June 1968|title=Deep Sea Decapod Crustacea from West of Cape Point, South Africa|url=https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/9974/iz_1968_Kensley_Deep_sea_decapod_Crustacea_from_west_of_Cape_Point.pdf|url-status=live|journal=[[Annals of the South African Museum]]|volume=50|issue=12|pages=282–324|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517110859/https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/9974/iz_1968_Kensley_Deep_sea_decapod_Crustacea_from_west_of_Cape_Point.pdf|archive-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=de Matos-Pita|first1=Susana S.|last2=Ramil|first2=Fran|last3=Ramos|first3=Ana|date=September 2018|title=Marine lobsters and lithodids (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Mauritanian deep-waters (NW Africa)|journal=Regional Studies in Marine Science|volume=23|pages=32–38|doi=10.1016/j.rsma.2018.01.001|bibcode=2018RSMS...23...32D |issn=2352-4855|quote=''Neolithodes asperrimus'' showed the highest occurrence in the area, being collected from 45 stations distributed evenly along the entire Mauritanian coast between 997 and 1862 m depth}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Muñoz|first1=Isabel|last2=García-Isarch|first2=Eva|date=11 June 2013|title=New occurrences of lithodid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae) from the coasts of Africa, with the description of a new species of Paralomis White, 1856.|journal=[[Zootaxa]]|volume=3670|issue=1|pages=45–54|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3670.1|pmid=26438920}}</ref> and ''Neolithodes'' [[Species affinis|aff.]] ''asperrimus'' has been found in [[Madagascar]], [[Réunion]], and the [[South Region, Brazil|South Region of Brazil]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Macpherson|first=Enrique|date=1988|title=Lithodid crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Lithodidae) from Madagascar and La Reunión (SW Indian Ocean)|url=https://digital.csic.es/bitstream/10261/41450/1/Macpherson_1988.pdf|journal=[[Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle]]|volume=10|issue=1|pages=117–133|issn=1280-9551|via=the [[Spanish National Research Council]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Lianos|first1=L.|last2=Mollemberg|first2=M. C.|last3=Lima|first3=D. J. M.|last4=Santana|first4=W.|date=25 August 2017|title=New records of king crabs (Decapoda, Anomura, Lithodidae) from southern Brazil|journal=[[Crustaceana]]|volume=90|issue=7–10|pages=981–988|doi=10.1163/15685403-00003666|bibcode=2017Crust..90..981L }}</ref>
'''''Neolithodes asperrimus''''', also known as the '''rough stone crab''' or '''centolla aspera''',<ref>https://www.fao.org/4/x3478e/x3478e06.pdf</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.saeon.ac.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Field-Guide-to-SA-Offshore-Marine-Invertebrates_web-full-version_compressed.pdf|title=Field Guide to the Offshore Marine Invertebrates of South Africa|editor=Atkinson LJ, Sink KJ|publisher=|page=189|ISBN=978-1-86868-098-6|DOI=10.15493/SAEON.PUB.10000001 }}</ref>{{rp|27, 188}} is a species of [[king crab]] native to the coast of Africa. It has been found in [[South Africa]] and [[Mauritania]] at depths of {{Convert|997–1862|m|ft}},<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kensley|first=B. F.|date=June 1968|title=Deep Sea Decapod Crustacea from West of Cape Point, South Africa|url=https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/9974/iz_1968_Kensley_Deep_sea_decapod_Crustacea_from_west_of_Cape_Point.pdf|url-status=live|journal=[[Annals of the South African Museum]]|volume=50|issue=12|pages=282–324|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517110859/https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/9974/iz_1968_Kensley_Deep_sea_decapod_Crustacea_from_west_of_Cape_Point.pdf|archive-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=de Matos-Pita|first1=Susana S.|last2=Ramil|first2=Fran|last3=Ramos|first3=Ana|date=September 2018|title=Marine lobsters and lithodids (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Mauritanian deep-waters (NW Africa)|journal=Regional Studies in Marine Science|volume=23|pages=32–38|doi=10.1016/j.rsma.2018.01.001|bibcode=2018RSMS...23...32D |issn=2352-4855|quote=''Neolithodes asperrimus'' showed the highest occurrence in the area, being collected from 45 stations distributed evenly along the entire Mauritanian coast between 997 and 1862 m depth}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Muñoz|first1=Isabel|last2=García-Isarch|first2=Eva|date=11 June 2013|title=New occurrences of lithodid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae) from the coasts of Africa, with the description of a new species of Paralomis White, 1856.|journal=[[Zootaxa]]|volume=3670|issue=1|pages=45–54|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3670.1|pmid=26438920}}</ref> and ''Neolithodes'' [[Species affinis|aff.]] ''asperrimus'' has been found in [[Madagascar]], [[Réunion]], and the [[South Region, Brazil|South Region of Brazil]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Macpherson|first=Enrique|date=1988|title=Lithodid crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Lithodidae) from Madagascar and La Reunión (SW Indian Ocean)|url=https://digital.csic.es/bitstream/10261/41450/1/Macpherson_1988.pdf|journal=[[Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle]]|volume=10|issue=1|pages=117–133|issn=1280-9551|via=the [[Spanish National Research Council]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Lianos|first1=L.|last2=Mollemberg|first2=M. C.|last3=Lima|first3=D. J. M.|last4=Santana|first4=W.|date=25 August 2017|title=New records of king crabs (Decapoda, Anomura, Lithodidae) from southern Brazil|journal=[[Crustaceana]]|volume=90|issue=7–10|pages=981–988|doi=10.1163/15685403-00003666|bibcode=2017Crust..90..981L }}</ref>


== Description ==
== Description ==

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Neolithodes asperrimus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Lithodidae
Genus: Neolithodes
Species:
N. asperrimus
Binomial name
Neolithodes asperrimus

Neolithodes asperrimus, also known as the rough stone crab or centolla aspera,[2][3]: 27, 188  is a species of king crab native to the coast of Africa. It has been found in South Africa and Mauritania at depths of 997–1,862 metres (3,271–6,109 ft),[4][5][6] and Neolithodes aff. asperrimus has been found in Madagascar, Réunion, and the South Region of Brazil.[7][8]

Description

Neolithodes asperrimus has a dark red colour, with bright red on the larger spines. It has many large spines and numerous spinules covering its dorsal carapace; its chelipeds and walking legs are covered with numerous spinules and denticles, which are blunter in larger specimens. Males have been measured as large as 195 mm (7.7 in) long and 189 mm (7.4 in) in width; females reach a length of 180 mm (7.1 in) and width of 156 mm (6.1 in). N. asperrimus has basal spine of rostrum extending from the corneas, shorter in large specimens. It has numerous spicules, which is large in juveniles but thick spicules in large specimens.[9]

The largest Neolithodes aff. asperrimus is a female, with a carapace length being measured as 53 mm (2.1 in) and a carapace width of 45 mm (1.8 in). The appearance of N aff. asperrimus has six long spines placed on each dorsal branchial area, with small numerous spines and spinulous granules being numerous than the smaller spines.[10]

Parasites

They are known to be parasitised by Iphigenella acanthopoda, a species of Gammaridea.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ Bernard, K. H. (June 1946). "Descriptions of new species of South African decapod Crustacea, with notes on synonymy and new records" (PDF). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 11 (13): 361–392. doi:10.1080/00222934608654562. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 April 2016 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
  2. ^ https://www.fao.org/4/x3478e/x3478e06.pdf
  3. ^ Atkinson LJ, Sink KJ (ed.). "Field Guide to the Offshore Marine Invertebrates of South Africa" (PDF). p. 189. doi:10.15493/SAEON.PUB.10000001. ISBN 978-1-86868-098-6.
  4. ^ Kensley, B. F. (June 1968). "Deep Sea Decapod Crustacea from West of Cape Point, South Africa" (PDF). Annals of the South African Museum. 50 (12): 282–324. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 May 2020.
  5. ^ de Matos-Pita, Susana S.; Ramil, Fran; Ramos, Ana (September 2018). "Marine lobsters and lithodids (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Mauritanian deep-waters (NW Africa)". Regional Studies in Marine Science. 23: 32–38. Bibcode:2018RSMS...23...32D. doi:10.1016/j.rsma.2018.01.001. ISSN 2352-4855. Neolithodes asperrimus showed the highest occurrence in the area, being collected from 45 stations distributed evenly along the entire Mauritanian coast between 997 and 1862 m depth
  6. ^ Muñoz, Isabel; García-Isarch, Eva (11 June 2013). "New occurrences of lithodid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae) from the coasts of Africa, with the description of a new species of Paralomis White, 1856". Zootaxa. 3670 (1): 45–54. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3670.1. PMID 26438920.
  7. ^ Macpherson, Enrique (1988). "Lithodid crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Lithodidae) from Madagascar and La Reunión (SW Indian Ocean)" (PDF). Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 10 (1): 117–133. ISSN 1280-9551 – via the Spanish National Research Council.
  8. ^ Lianos, L.; Mollemberg, M. C.; Lima, D. J. M.; Santana, W. (25 August 2017). "New records of king crabs (Decapoda, Anomura, Lithodidae) from southern Brazil". Crustaceana. 90 (7–10): 981–988. Bibcode:2017Crust..90..981L. doi:10.1163/15685403-00003666.
  9. ^ https://research.nhm.org/pdfs/12339/12339.pdf
  10. ^ https://digital.csic.es/bitstream/10261/41450/1/Macpherson_1988.pdf
  11. ^ Vader, Wim; Tandberg, Anne Helene S. (July 2015). "Amphipods as Associates of Other Crustacea: A Survey". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 35 (4): 522–532. Bibcode:2015JCBio..35..522V. doi:10.1163/1937240X-00002343.
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