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Paralomis hirtella

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Paralomis hirtella

Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Lithodidae
Genus: Paralomis
Species:
P. hirtella
Binomial name
Paralomis hirtella
de Saint Laurent & Macpherson, 1997[2]

Paralomis hirtella is a species of king crab.[2][3] They are found around hydrothermal vents in the Lau Basin and the North Fiji Basin at depths around 1,750–2,000 m (5,740–6,560 ft).[2] They are known to be parasitized by the Rhizocephala species Briarosaccus callosus.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Funnell, Greig; et al. (January 2023). Todd, Amanda (ed.). Conservation status of indigenous marine invertebrates in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021 (PDF) (Report). New Zealand Department of Conservation. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-99-118365-1. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b c de Saint Laurent, Michèle; Macpherson, Enrique (November 1997). "Une nouvelle espèce du genre Paralomis White, 1856, des sources hydrothermales du Sud-ouest Pacifique (Crustacea, Decapoda, Lithodidae)" [A new species of the genus Paralomis White, 1856, from hydrothermal vents in the Pacific Southwest (Crustacea, Decapoda, Lithodidae)]. Zoosystema (in French). 19 (4): 721–727 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
  3. ^ De Grave, Sammy (30 November 2021). "Paralomis hirtella de Saint Laurent & Macpherson, 1997". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  4. ^ Lörz, Anne-Nina; Glenner, Henrik; Lützen, Jørgen (January 2008). "New records of Rhizocephala (Cirripedia) from New Zealand, including the first rhizocephalan records from hot vents and cold seeps". Crustaceana. 81 (8): 1013–1019. doi:10.1163/156854008X354911.
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