Neolithodes duhameli


Neolithodes duhameli is a species of king crab that is found in the Crozet Islands in the southwestern Indian Ocean from a depth of.

Description

Neolithodes duhameli has a dark red, pyriform carapace which is evenly covered in a combination of long, thick spines and many spinules. Females are known to grow up to in carapace width and in carapace length, and the rearmost walking legs are each about twice as long as the carapace.

Taxonomy

Neolithodes duhameli was first described in 2004 by carcinologist Enrique Macpherson. It is among a subgroup of Neolithodes – alongside N. agassizii, N. asperrimus, and N. nipponensis – whose carapace, chelipeds, and walking legs are covered with many spinules or spine-like granules. The specific name duhameli honours Guy Duhamel of the National Museum of Natural History in France.

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