Species Lithodes longispina Sakai, 1971
- Lithodes longispina Sakai, T. 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 pls 1-26 [11 figs 2a,b, pls 4, 10, 11].
Type data:
Holotype KPMNH NH109003 ♂, off Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.
Paratype(s) OCMT ♀ (as allotype), off Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan; KPMNH NH 109044; KPMNH NH 109049.
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
West Pacific (Japan, Guam, New Caledonia, New Zealand).
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental slope, oceanic province.
Extra Ecological Information
From 600–865 m depth.
General References
Dawson, E.W. & Yaldwyn, J.C. 1985. King crabs of the world or the world of king crabs: an overview of identity and distribution — with illustrated diagnostic keys to the genera of the Lithodidae and to the species of Lithodes. pp. 69-106 in Alaska Sea Grant College Program. Proceedings of the International King Crab Symposium, Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A. January 22–24, 1985. Alaska Sea Grant Report 85–12 [November 1985] [101] (Australian distribution)
History of changes
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| 24-Apr-2012 | 24-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |