Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii, also called the rhinoceros crab, is a species of king crab, the only species in the genus Rhinolithodes.[2][3] The species is named after Ilya Gavrilovich Voznesenski.[4] It is found at depths of 6–73 metres (20–240 ft) in the north-east Pacific Ocean from Kodiak, Alaska to Crescent City, California.[5][6]
| Rhinolithodes | |
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| Rhinoceros crab | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Lithodidae |
| Genus: | Rhinolithodes |
| Species: | R. wosnessenskii
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii | |
R. wosnessenskii grows to 7 centimetres (2.8 in) across the carapace, which is triangular and has a deep semicircular depression. The legs are covered in spines and long setae. It lives in crevices on rocky or gravel bottoms, and is only rarely encountered.[6] Rhinolithodes is likely a sister genus to Phyllolithodes.[7]
References
edit- ^ von Brandt, Johann Friedrich (1848). "Die Gattung Lithodes Latreille nebst vier neuer ihr ver wandten von Wosnessenski entdeckten, als Typen einer besondern Unter abtheilung (Tribus Lithodea) der Edward'shen Anomuren". Bulletin de la Classe physico-mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint Pétersbourg (in German). 7 (11): 171–176.
- ^ Kim, Mi Hyang; Yun Hong, Sung (June 2010). "Larval development of Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii Brandt (Decapoda: Anomura: Lithodidae) reared in the laboratory". Animal Cells and Systems. 14 (2): 115–123. doi:10.1080/19768354.2010.486938. ISSN 1976-8354.
- ^ De Grave, Sammy (25 July 2022). "Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii Brandt, 1848". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- ^ Hans G. Hansson. "Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names". Tjärnö Marine Biological Laboratory, Göteborg University. Retrieved 2007-08-17.
- ^ V. V. Petryashev (2005). "Biogeographical division of the North Pacific sublittoral and upper bathyal zones by the fauna of Mysidacea and Anomura (Crustacea)". Russian Journal of Marine Biology. 31 (Supplement 1): S9–S26. doi:10.1007/s11179-006-0011-7. S2CID 1769205.
- ^ a b Dave Cowles (2004). "Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii Brandt, 1849". Walla Walla University. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27.
- ^ Noever, Christoph; Glenner, Henrik (2017-07-05). "The origin of king crabs: hermit crab ancestry under the magnifying glass" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 182 (2): 300–318. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx033. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-07-16 – via the University of Copenhagen.
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