Rhinolithodes
| Rhinolithodes | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Family: | Lithodidae |
| Genus: | Rhinolithodes Brandt, 1848 |
| Species: | R. wosnessenskii |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii Brandt, 1848 [1] | |
Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii, also called the rhinoceros crab or golf-ball crab,[2] is a species of king crab, the only species in the genus Rhinolithodes. The species is named after Ilya Gavrilovich Voznesenski.[3] It is found at depths of 6–73 metres (20–240 ft) in the north-east Pacific Ocean from Kodiak, Alaska to Crescent City, California.[4][5]
R. wosnessenskii grows to 7 centimetres (2.8 in) 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.[5]
References
- ↑ "Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
- ↑ "Golf-ball crab". nicolaoutdoors.com. August 1, 2004.
- ↑ Hans G. Hansson. "Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names". Tjärnö Marine Biological Laboratory, Göteborg University. Retrieved 2007-08-17.
- ↑ V. V. Petryashev (2005). "Biogeographical division of the North Pacific sublittoral and upper bathyal zones by the fauna of Mysidacea and Anomura (Crustacea)". Russian Journal of Marine Biology 31 (Supplement 1): S9–S26. doi:10.1007/s11179-006-0011-7.
- 1 2 Dave Cowles (2004). "Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii Brandt, 1849". Walla Walla University.
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