Paralomis aspera
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| Paralomis aspera | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Lithodidae |
| Genus: | Paralomis |
| Species: | P. aspera |
| Binomial name | |
| Paralomis aspera Faxon, 1893[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Leptolithodes asper | |
Paralomis aspera has a pentagonal carapace which is as wide as it is long – the female holotype's measuring 113 mm (4.4 in) long and 113 mm (4.4 in) wide.[1] Its rostrum is short[a] and comprises three spines, and the gastric, cardiac, and branchial regions of the carapace are prominent and well-defined.[1] Both the carapace and abdomen are thickly covered with tubercles, each of which are surrounded by a ring of setae.[1] Its chelipeds are densely spinose, and the right is more robust than the left.[1] Its walking legs – long and robust, the rearmost pair measuring 255 mm (10.0 in) in the female holotype – are similarly spinose.[1]
Distribution
Taxonomy
Paralomis aspera was described in 1893 by American carcinologist Walter Faxon.[1]
