Paralomis histrix
Species of king crab
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Paralomis histrix is a species of king crab.[1] It lives at a depth of 180–400 m (590–1,310 ft) in Tokyo Bay, Enshunada and through to Kyūshū. It has few predators because of its size and spiky carapace.[3] It is sometimes kept in public aquariums and is occasionally referred to as the porcupine crab,[4] a name otherwise used for Neolithodes grimaldii.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Lithodidae |
| Genus: | Paralomis |
| Species: | P. histrix |
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