Rhinolithodes Explained

Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii, also called the rhinoceros crab or golf-ball crab,[1] is a species of king crab, the only species in the genus Rhinolithodes. The species is named after Ilya Gavrilovich Voznesenski.[2] It is found at depths of 6- in the north-east Pacific Ocean from Kodiak, Alaska to Crescent City, California.[3] [4]

R. wosnessenskii grows to across the carapace, which is triangular and has a deep semicircular depression. The legs are covered in spines and long setae. It lives in crevices on rocky or gravel bottoms, and is only rarely encountered.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Golf-ball crab . nicolaoutdoors.com . August 1, 2004.
  2. Web site: Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names . . Hans G. Hansson . 2007-08-17.
  3. Biogeographical division of the North Pacific sublittoral and upper bathyal zones by the fauna of Mysidacea and Anomura (Crustacea) . . V. V. Petryashev . 31 . Supplement 1 . 2005 . S9–S26 . 10.1007/s11179-006-0011-7. 1769205 .
  4. Web site: Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii Brandt, 1849 . Dave Cowles . 2004 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927214252/http://rosario.wwc.edu/inverts/Arthropoda/Crustacea/Malacostraca/Eumalacostraca/Eucarida/Decapoda/Anomura/Family_Lithodidae/Rhinolithodes_wosnessenskii.html . 2007-09-27 .

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