Neolithodes agassizii explained

Neolithodes agassizii is a species of king crab native to the Western Atlantic. They live at depths of NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet),^[1] and have been found as far south as Rio de Janeiro,^[2] as far north as latitude 36°,^[3] and near the Equator.^[4] It has been found in the southwestern Caribbean Sea as well as the Gulf of Mexico.^{[5] [6]}

See also

• Neolithodes grimaldii, a species which small specimens of N. agassizii may be confused for
• Neolithodes indicus, a species originally misidentified as N. agassizii

Notes and References

1. Book: Felder. Darryl L.. https://books.google.com/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&q=agassizii&pg=PA1069. Gulf of Mexico: Origin, Waters, and Biota. Álvarez. Fernando. Goy. Joseph W.. Lemaitre. Rafael. Texas A&M University Press. 2009. 978-1603440943. Felder. Darryl L.. 1, Biodiversity. 1069. Decapoda (Crustacea). 2008025312. Camp. David K..
2. de Almeida Alves-Júnior. Flavio. Julianna. de Lemos Santana. Marina. de Sá Leitão Câmara de Araûjo. Siqueira Quirino. Ana Maria. Souza-Filho. Jesser F.. 1. 27 July 2018. New Records of Two Deep-Sea Crabs of the Family Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819 (Crustacea: Decapoda) in the Southwestern Atlantic. Thalassas . 35. 117–122. 10.1007/s41208-018-0098-6. 133766601. [...] while Neolithodes only has two species recorded from Brazil, Neolithodes agassizii (Smith, 1882) from Bahia to Rio de Janeiro [...].
3. Pohle. Gerhard W.. 1992. First Canadian record of Paralomis bouvieri Hansen, 1908 (Decapoda: Anomura: Lithodidae), infected by the rhizocephalan Briarosaccus callosus (Cirripedia: Peltogastridae) and carrying a hyperparasitic cryptoniscinid isopod (Epicaridea). Canadian Journal of Zoology. 70. 8. 1625–1629. 10.1139/z92-224. ResearchGate.
4. Macpherson . Enrique . 1988 . Revision of the family Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) in the Atlantic Ocean . live . Monografías de Zoología Marina . II . 33–37 . 0213-4020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200514090605/https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/12339/12339.pdf . May 14, 2020 . the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
5. Martínez-Campos . Bibian . Dueñas . Luisa F. . León . Jorge . Puentes . Vladimir . 2023 . Presence of the deep-sea lithodid crabs Neolithodes agassizii and Paralomis pectinata (Anomura, Lithodidae) in the Colombian Caribbean Sea . Marine Reports . 2 . 1 . 1–8 . 10.5281/zenodo.8050512 . 2822-5155 . free.
6. Wicksten. Mary K.. Packard. Jane M.. September 2005. A qualitative zoogeographic analysis of decapod crustaceans of the continental slopes and abyssal plain of the Gulf of Mexico. . 52. 9. 1745–1765. 2005DSRI...52.1745W. 10.1016/j.dsr.2005.04.006.