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Lithodes australiensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Anomura
Family:	Lithodidae
Genus:	Lithodes
Species:	L. australiensis
Binomial name
Lithodes australiensis Ahyong, 2010

Lithodes australiensis is a species of king crab. They live in southeastern Australia, known as far north as Cape Hawke and as far south as the South Tasman Rise. They have been found at depths between 540–1,312 m (1,772–4,304 ft), but they typically live between 1,000–1,100 m (3,300–3,600 ft).

Appearance

L. australiensis is deep-red in colour. It has a pyriform carapace featuring prominent, slender spines sparsely interspersed with granules on its dorsal surface. The carapace has been measured as large as 199.7 mm (7.86 in) in length and 127.5 mm (5.02 in) in width in males. It has a prominent rostrum, comprising about half of the carapace length in juveniles and about one-third in adults. Its chelipeds and walking legs have major spines separated by a smooth or mostly smooth surface, and the chelipeds are around half the length of the walking legs. The chelae bear small spines and tubercles, and the fingers have tufts of golden setae arranged in rows. Its frontmost pair of walking legs tend to be smaller than the other two, and all of its dactyli are curved. On its underside, the third through fifth segments of its abdomen have a median plate featuring nodules. Toward the posterior, its abdomen has a wrinkly second segment, and toward the front, it has a rounded telson.

Notes

1. Postrostral carapace length 132.8 mm (5.23 in)
2. No current records exist of adult females.

References

1. ^ Ahyong, Shane T. (2010). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: King Crabs of New Zealand, Australia, and the Ross Sea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae) (PDF). NIWA Biodiversity Memoirs. Vol. 123. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research. pp. 29–37. ISBN 978-0478232851. LCCN 2010497356. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 February 2020.

External links

• [REDACTED] Data related to Lithodes australiensis at Wikispecies

v t e Lithodidae species
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Malacostraca Order Decapoda Suborder Pleocyemata Infraorder Anomura
Hapalogastrinae	Acantholithodes A. hispidus Dermaturus D. mandtii Hapalogaster H. cavicauda H. dentata H. grebnitzkii H. mertensii Oedignathus O. inermis Placetron P. wosnessenskii
Lithodinae	Cryptolithodes C. expansus C. sitchensis C. typicus Echidnocerus E. cibarius E. foraminatus Glyptolithodes G. cristatipes Lithodes L. aequispinus L. ahyongi L. aotearoa L. australiensis L. ceramensis L. chaddertoni L. confundens L. couesi L. ferox L. formosae L. galapagensis L. jessica L. longispina L. macquariae L. maja L. mamillifer L. manningi L. megacantha L. murrayi L. nintokuae L. panamensis L. paulayi L. rachelae L. richeri L. robertsoni L. santolla L. turkayi L. turritus L. unicornis L. wiracocha Neolithodes N. agassizii N. asperrimus N. brodiei N. bronwynae N. capensis N. diomedeae N. duhameli N. flindersi N. grimaldii N. indicus N. nipponensis N. vinogradovi N. yaldwyni Paralithodes P. brevipes P. bishuensis (†) P. californiensis P. camtschaticus P. platypus P. rathbuni Paralomis P. aculeata P. africana P. alcockiana P. alis P. anamerae P. arae P. arethusa P. aspera P. birsteini P. bouvieri P. ceres P. chilensis P. cristata P. cristulata P. cubensis P. danida P. dawsoni P. debodeorum (†) P. diomedeae P. dofleini P. echidna P. elongata P. erinacea P. formosa P. gowlettholmes P. granulosa P. grossmani P. haigae P. hirtella P. histrix P. hystrixoides P. inca P. indica P. investigatoris P. jamsteci P. japonica P. kyushupalauensis P. longidactylus P. longipes P. macphersoni P. makarovi P. manningi P. medipacifica P. mendagnai P. microps P. multispina P. nivosa P. ochthodes P. odawarai P. okitoriensis P. otsuae P. pacifica P. papillata P. papua P. pectinata P. phrixa P. poorei P. roeleveldae P. seagranti P. serrata P. sonne P. spectabilis P. spinosissima P. staplesi P. stella P. stevensi P. taylorae P. truncatispinosa P. tuberipes P. verrilli P. webberi P. zealandica Phyllolithodes P. papillosus Rhinolithodes R. wosnessenskii Sculptolithodes S. derjugini

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