Neolithodes brodiei explained
Neolithodes brodiei, also known as Brodie's king crab,[1] is a species of king crab which is native to New Zealand and its adjacent waters.[2] It lives at a depth of NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet) but is typically found within a depth of NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet). It has a deep-red colour, and its carapace has many small spinules along with larger spines. It is classified as "Not Threatened" by the New Zealand Department of Conservation.[3]
Area and misidentifications
In 2001, a paper was published in Zoosystema which claimed to have found a specimen of N. brodiei in Vanuatu;[4] however, this was later determined to be a yet-undescribed species. Likewise, a 2005 paper in Polar Biology claimed to have found four specimens off the Balleny Islands in the Southern Ocean,[5] but these were misidentified and were later determined to be a new species called Neolithodes yaldwyni. It was also thought to occur in the Tasman Sea, but this was also determined to be a new species called Neolithodes flindersi.
N. brodiei has allegedly been found in the Haima cold seeps in the northwestern South China Sea at depths of approximately NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet), but it may only occasionally visit the ecosystem.[6]
Etymology
"Neolithodes" is derived from Greek and Latin and means "new stone-crab",[7] while "brodiei" takes its namesake from J. W. Brodie, then-Director of the New Zealand Oceanographic Institute.
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Brodie's king crab (NEB). Fisheries New Zealand. 2024-05-13.
- 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. 74–83. 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.
- Conservation status of New Zealand marine invertebrates, 2013. Freeman. Debbie. Schnabel. Kareen. December 2014. Department of Conservation. 9. 13. 978-0478150322. Marshall. Bruce. Gordon. Dennis. Wing. Stephen. Tracey. Di. Hitchmough. Rod. 15 May 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20180409215657/https://www.doc.govt.nz/Documents/science-and-technical/nztcs9entire.pdf. 9 April 2018. 1. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. live.
- Macpherson. Enrique. 2001. New species and new records of lithodid crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the southwestern and central Pacific Ocean. live. Zoosystema. 23. 4. 797–805. https://web.archive.org/web/20170813041713/https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/12131/12131.pdf. 13 August 2017. the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
- Thatje. Sven. Lörz. Anne-Nina. 10 November 2004. First record of lithodid crabs from Antarctic waters off the Balleny Islands. live. Polar Biology. 28. 334–337. 10.1007/s00300-004-0686-1. https://web.archive.org/web/20171118225641/https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/30097.pdf. 18 November 2017.
- Ke . Zhixin . Li . Ruofei . Chen . Yu . Chen . Danting . Chen . Zhiyun . Xiping . Lian . Tan . Yehui . June 2022 . A preliminary study of macrofaunal communities and their carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes in the Haima cold seeps, South China Sea . . 184 . 103774 . 2022DSRI..18403774K . 10.1016/j.dsr.2022.103774.
- Book: Emmerson, W. D.. A Guide to, and Checklist for, the Decapoda of Namibia, South Africa and Mozambique. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 978-1-4438-9097-7. 2. July 2016. 93.