Paralomis longipes

Paralomis longipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Lithodidae
Genus: Paralomis
Species:
P. longipes
Binomial name
Paralomis longipes
Faxon, 1893
Synonyms[1]

Leptolithodes longipes, Faxon 1893

Paralomis longipes is a species of king crab.[2]

Description

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]

Distribution

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]

Taxonomy

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 genus name Paralomis was described by Adam White in 1856. The name is derived from the Greek prefix para- meaning "beside" or "alongside" combined with Lomis, creating a compound that literally means "beside Lomis".[5] This nomenclature reflects the morphological similarity between the genus Paralomis and the related genus Lomis, which belongs to the family Lomisidae. The name "longipes" derives from Greek Latin: longpus meaning "long", and pes meaning "foot".[6]

Ecology

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

Notes

  1. ^ Including the rostrum, this is 112 millimetres (4.4 in)
  2. ^ The rostrum is 10 mm (0.39 in), Including the rostrum is 118 millimetres (4.6 in)

References

  1. ^ a b c https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/30687/30687.pdf
  2. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Paralomis longipes Faxon, 1893".
  3. ^ a b Víctor, Moscoso (2012). "Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú".
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ ""para-" in words like "paraglider" and "parabrake"".
  6. ^ "Longipes Meaning".
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