Paralomis aculeata

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.^[2] Its carapace was first described as having a width of 39 mm and length of 42 mm.^[3] It is distributed in the western outreach of the Southwest Indian Ridge.^[4] The crab is caught during bottom trawling for Lepidonotothen squamifrons, at a frequency of 25–30%.^[5]

Paralomis aculeata
Male holotype of P. aculeata figured by Henderson in 1888
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Anomura
Family:	Lithodidae
Genus:	Paralomis
Species:	P. aculeata
Binomial name
Paralomis aculeata Henderson, 1888
Synonyms[1]
Paralomis aculeatus Henderson, 1888