Paralomis dawsoni explained

Paralomis dawsoni is a species of king crab which lives in New Caledonia, northern New Zealand, and the Solomon Islands at depths of .[1] Alongside P. zealandica, it is one of the two most common species of Paralomis in New Zealand., the Department of Conservation in New Zealand classifies P. dawsoni as "Naturally Uncommon".

Description

P. dawsoni is orange-red or red-brown in colour and has a subhexagonal carapace covered uniformly in blunt tubercles.[2] Tubercles and coarse spines cover its legs, and its chelipeds are especially spinose. It is the largest species of Paralomis known to occur in New Zealand, with one specimen measured to have a post-pseudorostral carapace length of 142.7mm and a carapace width of 139.8mm.[2]

Etymology

The species name "dawsoni" is dedicated to Elliot Watson Dawson of the National Museum of New Zealand.

Notes and References

  1. Macpherson. Enrique. 2003. Some lithodid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae) from the Solomon Islands (SW Pacific Ocean), with the description of a new species*. live. Scientia Marina. 67. 4. 413–418. https://web.archive.org/web/20180722120230/https://digital.csic.es/bitstream/10261/2419/1/som.pdf. 22 July 2018. 21 May 2020. the Spanish National Research Council.
  2. 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. 116–125. 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.

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