Paralomis longipes

The dorsal carapace, pereiopods, and chelipeds are covered by small, thick blunt tubercles, each uniquely encircled by a ring of short. Its walking legs are very long, with longitudinal rows of tubercles and short, stout spines over the walking pair of legs. It reaches a carapace length of up to 100 mm (3.9 in)^[a] and a carapace width up to 112 mm (4.4 in).^[3]

It lives around Chile, Peru, California (including San Diego), Costa Rica and to Colombia. In Peru, it reaches a depth of 760–1,300 m (2,490–4,270 ft) but in Chile reached a depth of 1,100–1,800 m (3,600–5,900 ft).^[3]

Paralomis longipes is a species of king crab described by Faxon in 1893, described by its long, elongated legs, It was known to resemble Paralomis multispina, another species of Paralomis.^[4] A specimen collected by the "Albatross", which is type USNM 18536, was a large male specimen. According to Roberts, the specimen has a carapace length being measured as large as 108 mm (4.3 in)^[b] and the breadth of the carapace was up to 130 mm (5.1 in).^[1]

The Peruvian specimens is known to be parasitized by large barnacles.^[1]