Paromola cuvieri
| Paromola cuvieri | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Section: | Dromiacea |
| Family: | Homolidae |
| Genus: | Paromola |
| Species: | P. cuvieri |
| Binomial name | |
| Paromola cuvieri (Risso, 1816) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Paromola cuvieri is a species of crab in the family Homolidae. It occurs in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, from Angola to Norway, the Northern Isles and Iceland.[2][3][4] It is demersal, occurring at depths of 10–1,000 metres (33–3,281 ft),[2] but it is primarily a species of deep water.[5] This reddish crab is sexually dimorphic; the males have larger claws and are overall larger than the females. The carapace of the largest males can reach 20 cm (7.9 in), while their claws can span 1.2 m (3.9 ft).[6]
References
| External identifiers for Paromola cuvieri | |
|---|---|
| Encyclopedia of Life | 1040173 |
| ITIS | 98319 |
| WoRMS | 107264 |
| Also found in: SeaLifeBase | |
- ↑ Fransen, Charles; Türkay, Michael (2011). "Paromola cuvieri (Risso, 1816)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
- 1 2 Palomares, M. L. D. and Pauly, D., eds. (2011). "Paromola cuvieri" in SeaLifeBase. April 2011 version.
- ↑ Gordon, Isabella (1956). "Paromola cuvieri (Risso), a crab new to the Orkneys, Shetlands and Norway". Nature 178 (4543): 1184–1185. Bibcode:1956Natur.178.1184G. doi:10.1038/1781184a0.
- ↑ Lilliendahl, Kristján; Einarsson, Sólmundur T.; Pálsson, Jónbjörn (2005). "Tvær sjaldgæfar tegundir skjaldkrabba Decapoda við Ísland" [Two species of rare crabs, Paralomis spectabilis and Paromola cuvieri Crustacea, Decapoda, in Icelandic waters]. Natturufraedingurinn (in Icelandic and English) (Hið íslenska náttúrufræðifélag) 733 (3–4): 89–94.
- ↑ Capezzuto, Francesca; Maiorano, Porzia; Panza, Michele; Indennidate, Antonella; Sion, Letizia; D'Onghia, Gianfranco (2011). "Occurrence and behaviour of Paromola cuvieri (Crustacea, Decapoda) in the Santa Maria di Leuca cold-water coral community (Mediterranean Sea)". Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 53: 1–7. Bibcode:2012DSRI...59....1C. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2011.10.006.
- ↑ Thurston, Mike (1987). "Record breaking crab is not such a strange catch". New Scientist 114 (1554): 24.
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