Paralomis aculeata

Paralomis aculaeta is a species of king crab known only by the male holotype found off the coast of Prince Edward Island, a sub-Antarctic island, by J.R. Henderson on the HMS Challenger in 1888.[1] Its carapace was first described as having a width of 39 mm and length of 42 mm.[2] It is distributed in the western outreach of the Southwest Indian Ridge.[3] The crab is caught during bottom trawling for Lepidonotothen squamifrons, at a frequency of 25–30%.[4]

Paralomis aculeata
Male holotype of P. aculeata figured by Henderson in 1888
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Anomura
Family:	Lithodidae
Genus:	Paralomis
Species:	P. aculeata
Binomial name
Paralomis aculeata Henderson, 1888

References

1. "Paralomis aculeata Henderson, 1888". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
2. Henderson, JR (1888). "Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 27 (part 69): i-xi, 1-221, pl. 1-21". Retrieved 2020-11-01.
3. Spiridonov, Vassily; Türkay, Michael; Arntz, Wolf E.; Thatje, Sven (2006-01-01). "A new species of the genus Paralomis (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae) from the Spiess seamount near Bouvet Island (Southern Ocean), with notes on habitat and ecology". Polar Biology. 29 (2): 137–146. doi:10.1007/s00300-005-0087-0. ISSN 1432-2056.
4. Pshenichnov, LK (30 September 2011). "Potentially commercial invertebrates on Ob Bank: Moroteuthis ingens (Oegopsida) and Paralomis aculeata (Anomura) (Division 58.4.4)". Comisión para la Conservación de los Recursos Vivos Marinos Antárticos (CCAMLR). Retrieved 2020-11-01.