Paralomis dawsoni

Paralomis dawsoni
Conservation status
	; Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Anomura
Family:	Lithodidae
Genus:	Paralomis
Species:	P. dawsoni
Binomial name
	Paralomis dawsoni; Macpherson, 2001

Paralomis dawsoni is a species of king crab which lives in New Caledonia, northern New Zealand, and the Solomon Islands at depths of 400–1,118 m (1,312–3,668 ft).^[2]^[3]^[4] Alongside P. zealandica, it is one of the two most common species of Paralomis in New Zealand.^[3] As of 2023^[update], the Department of Conservation in New Zealand classifies P. dawsoni as "Naturally Uncommon".^[1]

Description

P. dawsoni is orange-red or red-brown in colour and has a subhexagonal carapace covered uniformly in blunt tubercles.^[3] Tubercles and coarse spines cover its legs, and its chelipeds are especially spinose.^[3] It is the largest species of Paralomis known to occur in New Zealand, with one specimen measured to have a post-pseudorostral carapace length of 142.7 mm (5.62 in) and a carapace width of 139.8 mm (5.50 in).^[3]

Etymology

The species name "dawsoni" is dedicated to Elliot Watson Dawson of the National Museum of New Zealand.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Funnell, Greig; et al. (January 2023). Todd, Amanda (ed.). Conservation status of indigenous marine invertebrates in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021 (PDF) (Report). New Zealand Department of Conservation. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-99-118365-1. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Macpherson, Enrique (2001). "New species and new records of lithodid crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the southwestern and central Pacific Ocean" (PDF). Zoosystema. 23 (4): 797–805. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 August 2017 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Ahyong, Shane T. (2010). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: King Crabs of New Zealand, Australia, and the Ross Sea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae) (PDF). NIWA Diversity Memoirs. Vol. 123. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research. pp. 116–125. ISBN 978-0478232851. LCCN 2010497356. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 February 2020.
^ Macpherson, Enrique (2003). "Some lithodid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae) from the Solomon Islands (SW Pacific Ocean), with the description of a new species*" (PDF). Scientia Marina. 67 (4): 413–418. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2020 – via the Spanish National Research Council.

External links

Data related to Paralomis dawsoni at Wikispecies

[NZTCS-1] Funnell, Greig; et al. (January 2023). Todd, Amanda (ed.). Conservation status of indigenous marine invertebrates in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021 (PDF) (Report). New Zealand Department of Conservation. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-99-118365-1. Retrieved 27 September 2024.

[Macpherson2001-2] Macpherson, Enrique (2001). "New species and new records of lithodid crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the southwestern and central Pacific Ocean" (PDF). Zoosystema. 23 (4): 797–805. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 August 2017 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

[AhyongNIWA-3] Ahyong, Shane T. (2010). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: King Crabs of New Zealand, Australia, and the Ross Sea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae) (PDF). NIWA Diversity Memoirs. Vol. 123. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research. pp. 116–125. ISBN 978-0478232851. LCCN 2010497356. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 February 2020.

[4] Macpherson, Enrique (2003). "Some lithodid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae) from the Solomon Islands (SW Pacific Ocean), with the description of a new species*" (PDF). Scientia Marina. 67 (4): 413–418. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2020 – via the Spanish National Research Council.

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