Paralomis aculeata
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| Paralomis aculeata | |
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| Male holotype of P. aculeata figured by Henderson in 1888 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Lithodidae |
| Genus: | Paralomis |
| Species: | P. aculeata |
| Binomial name | |
| Paralomis aculeata Henderson, 1888 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Paralomis aculaeta is a species of king crab described from the male holotype found off the coast of Prince Edward Island, a sub-Antarctic island, by J.R. Henderson on HMS Challenger in 1888.[2] Its carapace was first described as having a width of 39 mm and length of 42 mm.[3] It is distributed in the western outreach of the Southwest Indian Ridge.[4] The crab is caught during bottom trawling for Lepidonotothen squamifrons, at a frequency of 25–30%.[5]
