Paralomis aspera

Paralomis aspera is a species of king crab.^[3]

Paralomis aspera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Anomura
Family:	Lithodidae
Genus:	Paralomis
Species:	P. aspera
Binomial name
Paralomis aspera Faxon, 1893[1]
Synonyms[2]
Leptolithodes asper

Description

Paralomis aspera has a pentagonal carapace which is as wide as it is long – the female holotype's measuring 113 mm (4.4 in) long and 113 mm (4.4 in) wide.^[1] Its rostrum is short^[a] and comprises three spines, and the gastric, cardiac, and branchial regions of the carapace are prominent and well-defined.^[1] Both the carapace and abdomen are thickly covered with tubercles, each of which are surrounded by a ring of setae.^[1] Its chelipeds are densely spinose, and the right is more robust than the left.^[1] Its walking legs – long and robust, the rearmost pair measuring 255 mm (10.0 in) in the female holotype – are similarly spinose.^[1]

Distribution

Paralomis aspera has been found off Colombia and Peru at depths ranging from 560–1,270 m (1,840–4,170 ft).^[2]

Taxonomy

Paralomis aspera was described in 1893 by American carcinologist Walter Faxon.^[1]

Notes

1. 9 mm (0.35 in) in the female holotype^[1]