Lithodes ceramensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Anomura |
Family: | Lithodidae |
Genus: | Lithodes |
Species: | L. ceramensis |
Binomial name | |
Lithodes ceramensis Takeda & Nagai, 2004 |
Lithodes ceramensis is a species of king crab. It has been found somewhere between a depth of 1,000 and 1,500 m (3,300 and 4,900 ft) in Indonesia's Seram Sea. It is notable for being left-handed, whereas lithodids are typically right-handed. It is named after the Seram Sea where its holotype was found.
See also
- Lithodes ahyongi, also found in the Seram Sea
References
- ^ Takeda, Masatsune; Nagai, Shinji (22 March 2004). "Four Species of Giant Crustaceans from the Indonesian Depths, with Description of a New Species of the Family Lithodidae" (PDF). Bulletin of the National Science Museum. Series A, Zoology. 30 (1): 9–21. ISSN 0385-2423. S2CID 220054163. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 July 2020 – via the National Museum of Nature and Science.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Lithodes ceramensis |
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