Lithodes longispina explained

Lithodes longispina is a species of king crab.^{[1] [2]} It has been found in Japan and Taiwan.^{[1] [2]} Before 2010, its reach was thought to be much greater than presently understood, such as Australia, New Zealand, and Guam.^[3] It has also allegedly been sighted in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.^[4]

It closely resembles L. megacantha, L. formosae, and L. paulayi.^{[5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. Sakai . Tune . 2017 . Illustrations of 15 species of crabs of the family Lithodidae, two of which are new to science . Researches on Crustacea . 4.5 . 1–49 . 10.18353/rcustacea.4.5.0_1 . 2433-0973 . 89692320 . free.
2. Wang . Teng-Wei . Ahyong . Shane T. . Chan . Tin-Yam . 14 January 2016 . First records of Lithodes longispina Sakai, 1971 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Lithodidae) from southwestern Taiwan, including a site in the vicinity of a cold seep . . 4066 . 2 . 173–176 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4066.2.6 . 27395543 . ResearchGate.
3. Book: Ahyong, Shane T.. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: King Crabs of New Zealand, Australia, and the Ross Sea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae). National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research. 2010. 978-0478232851. NIWA Diversity Memoirs. 123. 101–107. 2010497356. https://web.archive.org/web/20200215075140/https://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/Memoir%20123_The%20Marine%20Fauna%20of%20New%20Zealand_King%20Crabs.pdf. 15 February 2020. live.
4. Okeanos Explorer ROV dive summary, EX1504L2, Dive 14 . Kelley . Elliott . Karl . McLetchie . 15 August 2015 . .
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5. Macpherson . Enrique . 1991 . A new species of the genus Lithodes (Crustacea, Decapoda, Lithodidae) from french Polynesia . live . . 4 . 13 . 1 . 152–157 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180617142231/https://bionames.org/bionames-archive/issn/0181-0626/13/153.pdf . 17 June 2018 . 31 August 2023.
6. Ahyong . Shane T. . Chan . Tin-Yam . 11 January 2010 . Lithodes formosae, a new species of king crab from Taiwan (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae) . . 2332 . 1 . 61–68 . 10.11646/zootaxa.2332.1.5 . ResearchGate.