Lithodes murrayi, also known as the subantarctic stone crab,[2] is a species of king crab.[3] It lives near islands in the southwestern Indian Ocean on muddy bottoms at depths of 35–1,015 m (115–3,330 ft).[4][5]

Lithodes murrayi
Dorsal view of Lithodes murrayi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Lithodidae
Genus: Lithodes
Species:
L. murrayi
Binomial name
Lithodes murrayi
Henderson, 1888[1]

References

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  1. Henderson, John Robertson (1888). "Report on the Anomura collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76". Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S Challenger During the Years 1873-76. Zoology. Vol. XXVII. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland via the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. Pohle, Gerhard; Kenchington, Trevor John; Halliday, R.G. (1992). Potentially exploitable deepwater resources off Atlantic Canada (Report). Bedford Institute of Oceanography Department of Fisheries and Oceans via ResearchGate. Lithodes murrayi, the subantarctic stone crab, has also been briefly fished commercially off southwestern Africa [...]
  3. De Grave, Sammy (2021). "Lithodes murrayi Henderson, 1888". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  4. 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. 70–73. doi:10.1163/9789004627369. hdl:10261/42482. ISBN 978-84-00-06807-3. S2CID 127331902. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 November 2023 via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
  5. Lovrich, Gustavo A.; Tapella, Federico (2014). "Southern King Crabs". In Stevens, Bradley G. (ed.). King Crabs of the World (1st ed.). CRC Press. p. 450. doi:10.1201/b16664. ISBN 978-0-429-06317-6.
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