Paralomis aculeata | |
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Male holotype of P. aculeata figured by Henderson in 1888 | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Anomura |
Family: | Lithodidae |
Genus: | Paralomis |
Species: | P. aculeata
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Binomial name | |
Paralomis aculeata Henderson, 1888
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Paralomis aculaeta is a species of king crab described from the male holotype found off the coast of Prince Edward Island, a sub-Antarctic island, by J.R. Henderson on HMS Challenger in 1888.[1] Its carapace was first described as having a width of 39 mm and length of 42 mm.[2] It is distributed in the western outreach of the Southwest Indian Ridge.[3] The crab is caught during bottom trawling for Lepidonotothen squamifrons, at a frequency of 25–30%.[4]