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Lithodes longispina Sakai 1971

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Lithodes longispina Sakai, 1971

Lithodes longispina Sakai, 1971: 11, figs. 2a, b, pl. 4, fig. 2, pl. 10, pl. 11, fig. 2 [type locality: Japan; holotype: KMNH NH109003; paratypes KMN NH109044, NH109049].

Hawaiian Is. record:

Lithodes longispina Sakai, 1971 — Chave & Malahoff 1998: table 1 [Hawai‘i].

Remarks. The identity of the Hawaiian populations requires confirmation (S. Ahyong, personal communication).

Taxonomy. Sakai (1976)

Geographical distribution. Japan.

Habitat. Bathyal, 550–1300 m.

Notes

Published as part of Castro, Peter, 2011, Catalog of the anomuran and brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura, Brachyura) of the Hawaiian Islands 2947, pp. 1-154 in Zootaxa 2947 (1) on pages 18-19, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5283044

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Biodiversity

Collection code
KMNH
Scientific name authorship
Sakai
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Decapoda
Family
Lithodidae
Genus
Lithodes
Species
longispina
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Lithodes longispina Sakai, 1971 sec. Castro, 2011

References

  • Sakai, T. (1971) Illustrations of 15 species of crabs of the family Lithodidae, two of which are new to science. Researches on Crustacea, nos. 4 - 5, 1 - 49, pls. 1 - 21.
  • Chave, E. H. & Malahoff, A. (1998) In Deeper Waters. Photographic Studies on Hawaiian Deep-Sea Habitats and Life-Forms. University of Hawai'i Press, Honolulu. 125 pp.