Lithodes unicornis is a species of king crab.[1] It lives at the muddy bottoms of an oceanic plateau in the southern Atlantic Ocean's Walvis Ridge known as the Valdivia Bank, residing at a depth of about 935 m (3,068 ft).[2]
| Lithodes unicornis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Lithodidae |
| Genus: | Lithodes |
| Species: | L. unicornis
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| Binomial name | |
| Lithodes unicornis Macpherson, 1984[1]
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Appearance
editL. unicornis is cream-coloured with pinkish-tinged walking legs and carapace, darker pinkish spines and dactyli, and yellowish setae which grow from its fingers.[2] It has a pentagonal carapace which has been measured in males to be as long as 129 mm (5.1 in) and as wide as 124 mm (4.9 in).[2] It is morphologically similar to L. murrayi, but it has a visibly thinner central rostral spine.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Macpherson, Enrique (October 1984). "Crustáceos Decápodos del Banco Valdivia (Atlántico sudoriental)" (PDF). Resultados de Expediciones Científicas (in Spanish). 12: 76–80. ISSN 0211-836X. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 July 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- ^ a b c d Macpherson, Enrique (June 1988). Revision of the family Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) in the Atlantic Ocean (PDF). Monografías de Zoología Marina. Vol. 2. pp. 73–75. doi:10.1163/9789004627369. ISBN 978-84-00-06807-3. S2CID 127331902. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-11-06 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
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