Rhinolithodes
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Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii, also called the rhinoceros crab or golf-ball crab [2], is a species of king crab, the only species in the genus Rhinolithodes. The species is named after Ilya Gabrilovic Voznesenski [3]. It is found at depths of 6–73 m in the north-east Pacific Ocean from Kodiak, Alaska to Crescent City, California [4][5].
R. wosnessenskii grows to 7 cm 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 [5].
[edit] References
- ^ Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii (TSN 97957). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ Golf-ball crab. champagnescience.com (2004-08-01).
- ^ Hans G. Hansson. Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. Tjärnö Marine Biological Laboratory, Göteborg University. Retrieved on 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:.
- ^ a b Dave Cowles (2004). Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii Brandt, 1849. Walla Walla University.
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