Paralomis asperaParalomis aspera is a species of king crab.DescriptionParalomis aspera has a pentagonal carapace which is as wide as it is long – the female holotype's measuring long and wide. Its rostrum is short and comprises three spines, and the gastric, cardiac, and branchial regions of the carapace are prominent and well-defined. Both the carapace and abdomen are thickly covered with tubercles, each of which are surrounded by a ring of setae. Its chelipeds are densely spinose, and the right is more robust than the left. Its walking legs – long and robust, the rearmost pair measuring in the female holotype – are similarly spinose.DistributionParalomis aspera has been found off Colombia and Peru at depths ranging from.TaxonomyParalomis aspera was described in 1893 by American carcinologist Walter Faxon.Works cited*