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Paralomis longipes
Species of crab From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Paralomis longipes is a species of king crab.[2]
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Description
The dorsal carapace, pereiopods, and chelipeds are covered by small, thick blunt tubercles, each uniquely encircled by a ring of short. Its walking legs are very long, with longitudinal rows of tubercles and short, stout spines over the walking pair of legs. It reaches a carapace length of up to 100 mm (3.9 in)[a] and a carapace width up to 112 mm (4.4 in).[3]
Distribution
It lives around Chile, Peru, California (including San Diego), Costa Rica and to Colombia. In Peru, it reaches a depth of 760–1,300 m (2,490–4,270 ft) but in Chile reached a depth of 1,100–1,800 m (3,600–5,900 ft).[3]
Taxonomy
Paralomis longipes is a species of king crab described by Faxon in 1893, described by its long, elongated legs, It was known to resemble Paralomis multispina, another species of Paralomis.[4] A specimen collected by the "Albatross", which is type USNM 18536, was a large male specimen. According to Roberts, the specimen has a carapace length being measured as large as 108 mm (4.3 in)[b] and the breadth of the carapace was up to 130 mm (5.1 in).[1]
The genus name Paralomis was described by Adam White in 1856. The name is derived from the Greek prefix para- meaning "beside" or "alongside" combined with Lomis, creating a compound that literally means "beside Lomis".[5][improper synthesis?] This nomenclature reflects the morphological similarity between the genus Paralomis and the related genus Lomis, which belongs to the family Lomisidae. The name "longipes" derives from Greek Latin[which?]: longpus meaning "long", and pes meaning "foot".[6][improper synthesis?]
Ecology
The Peruvian specimens is known to be parasitized by large barnacles.[1]
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