Lithodes murrayi

Lithodes murrayi
	Dorsal view of Lithodes murrayi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Anomura
Family:	Lithodidae
Genus:	Lithodes
Species:	L. murrayi
Binomial name
	Lithodes murrayi; Henderson, 1888

Lithodes murrayi, also known as the subantarctic stone crab,^[2] is a species of king crab.^[3] It lives near islands in the southwestern Indian Ocean on muddy bottoms at depths of 35–1,015 m (115–3,330 ft).^[4]^[5]

References

^ Henderson, John Robertson (1888). "Report on the Anomura collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76". Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S Challenger During the Years 1873-76. Zoology. Vol. XXVII. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland – via the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
^ Pohle, Gerhard; Kenchington, Trevor John; Halliday, R.G. (1992). Potentially exploitable deepwater resources off Atlantic Canada (Report). Bedford Institute of Oceanography Department of Fisheries and Oceans – via ResearchGate. Lithodes murrayi, the subantarctic stone crab, has also been briefly fished commercially off southwestern Africa [...]
^ De Grave, Sammy (2021). "Lithodes murrayi Henderson, 1888". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
^ Macpherson, Enrique (June 1988). Revision of the family Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) in the Atlantic Ocean (PDF). Monografías de Zoología Marina. Vol. 2. pp. 70–73. doi:10.1163/9789004627369. ISBN 978-84-00-06807-3. S2CID 127331902. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 November 2023 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
^ Lovrich, Gustavo A.; Tapella, Federico (2014). "Southern King Crabs". In Stevens, Bradley G. (ed.). King Crabs of the World (1st ed.). CRC Press. p. 450. doi:10.1201/b16664. ISBN 978-0-429-06317-6.

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[Henderson_1888-1] Henderson, John Robertson (1888). "Report on the Anomura collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76". Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S Challenger During the Years 1873-76. Zoology. Vol. XXVII. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland – via the Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[Pohle_et_al._1992-2] Pohle, Gerhard; Kenchington, Trevor John; Halliday, R.G. (1992). Potentially exploitable deepwater resources off Atlantic Canada (Report). Bedford Institute of Oceanography Department of Fisheries and Oceans – via ResearchGate. Lithodes murrayi, the subantarctic stone crab, has also been briefly fished commercially off southwestern Africa [...]

[WoRMS-3] De Grave, Sammy (2021). "Lithodes murrayi Henderson, 1888". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 6 October 2024.

[Macpherson_1988-4] Macpherson, Enrique (June 1988). Revision of the family Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) in the Atlantic Ocean (PDF). Monografías de Zoología Marina. Vol. 2. pp. 70–73. doi:10.1163/9789004627369. ISBN 978-84-00-06807-3. S2CID 127331902. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 November 2023 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

[5] Lovrich, Gustavo A.; Tapella, Federico (2014). "Southern King Crabs". In Stevens, Bradley G. (ed.). King Crabs of the World (1st ed.). CRC Press. p. 450. doi:10.1201/b16664. ISBN 978-0-429-06317-6.

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