Neolithodes diomedeae explained

Neolithodes diomedeae is a species of king crab which is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the southwestern Atlantic Ocean, and the Bellingshausen and Scotia Seas in the Southern Ocean.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] They occur from NaNabbr=onNaNabbr=on.[6]

Diet

Neolithodes diomedeae are opportunistic, necrophagous scavengers.[2] [7] In the Gulf of California's abyssal plain, they live around hydrothermal vents and feed on organic material which falls from the pelagic zone.[2]

Behavior

In deep-sea sedimentary habitats, young N. diomedeae have been found to have a symbiotic relationship with sea cucumbers, frequently situating themselves on or underneath members of the genus Scotoplanes. This relationship is hypothesized to be related to elevated food availability and shelter from predation.[8] They have also shown an affinity for situating themselves on corals, especially as juveniles.[9]

Notes and References

  1. 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. 73. 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.
  2. Book: Escobar-Briones. Elva. Contributions to the Study of East Pacific Crustaceans. Morales. Pedro. Cienfuegos. Edith. González. Manuel. December 2002. National Autonomous University of Mexico. 978-9703201686. Hendrickx. Michel Edmond. 1. 37–432. Carbon sources and trophic position of two abyssal species of Anomura, Munidopsis alvisca (Galatheidae) and Neolithodes diomedeae (Lithodidae). https://research.nhm.org/pdfs/11576/11576.pdf. the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
  3. Griffiths. Huw J.. Whittle. Rowan J.. Roberts. Stephen J.. Belchier. Mark. Linse. Katrin. July 2013. Archambault. Philippe. Antarctic Crabs: Invasion or Endurance?. PLoS One. 8. 7. e66981. 10.1371/journal.pone.0066981. 2013PLoSO...866981G. 3700924. 23843974. free.
  4. García Raso. J. E.. Manjón-Cabeza. M. E.. Ramos. A.. Olaso. I.. 23 March 2005. New record of Lithodidae (Crustacea Decapoda, Anomura) from the Antarctic (Bellingshausen Sea). live. Polar Biology. 28. 8. 642–646. 10.1007/s00300-005-0722-9. 2005PoBio..28..642G . 10508/7323 . 2955102. https://web.archive.org/web/20200520105133/http://atarazanas.sci.uma.es/docs/articulos/16613818.pdf. 20 May 2020. the University of Málaga.
  5. Anosov. Sergey E.. Spiridonov. Vassily A.. Neretina. Tatiana V.. Uryupova. Ekaterina F.. Schepetov. Dimitry. 27 September 2014. King crabs of the western Atlantic sector of Antarctic and adjacent areas: new records, molecular barcode data and distribution (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae). Polar Biology. 38. 2. 231–249. 10.1007/s00300-014-1581-z. 15618617. ResearchGate. 21 May 2020.
  6. Book: King Crabs of the World: Biology and Fisheries Management . Lovrich . Gustavo A. . Tapella . Federico . Southern King Crabs . 450 . CRC Press . 2014 . 978-0429063176 . Stevens . Bradley G. . 10.1201/b16664 . 2013036692.
  7. Yau. Cynthia. Collins. Martin A.. Bagley. Phil M.. Everson. Inigo. Priede. Imants G.. 2002. Scavenging by megabenthos and demersal fish on the South Georgia slope. live. Antarctic Science. 14. 1. 16–24. 2002AntSc..14...16Y. 10.1017/S0954102002000536. 130271970. https://web.archive.org/web/20200521092904/https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Inigo_Everson/publication/240451207_Scavenging_by_megabenthos_and_demersal_fish_on_the_South_Georgia_slope/links/0a85e52ef9f6c070fe000000.pdf. 21 May 2020. ResearchGate. 21 May 2020.
  8. Symbiosis between the holothurian Scotoplanes sp. A and the lithodid crab Neolithodes diomedeae on a featureless bathyal sediment plain. 10.1111/maec.12396. 2017MarEc..38E2396B. 2017. Barry. James P.. Taylor. Josi R.. Kuhnz. Linda A.. De Vogelaere. Andrew P.. Marine Ecology. 38. 2. e12396.
  9. Girard . Fanny . Litvin . Steven Y. . Sherman . Alana . McGill . Paul . Lovera . Christopher . DeVogelaere . Andrew . Burton . Erica . Barry . James P. . June 2023 . Epibenthic faunal community dynamics and seasonal species turnover in a deep-sea coral ecosystem . . 196 . 104048 . 2023DSRI..19604048G . 10.1016/j.dsr.2023.104048. free .

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