Paralomis tuberipes

Paralomis tuberipes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Anomura
Family:	Lithodidae
Genus:	Paralomis
Species:	P. tuberipes
Binomial name
	Paralomis tuberipes; Macpherson, 1988

Paralomis tuberipes is a species of king crab.^[1] It has been identified around Puerto Aguirre [es] in Chile.^[1] Its depth range is unknown.^[1]^[2]

Appearance

P. tuberipes has a pentagonal carapace covered with granules.^[1] The female holotype's carapace measured at 41 mm (1.6 in) long and 47 mm (1.9 in) wide, and its walking legs are as long or slightly longer than its carapace, giving it a legspan of approximately 120 mm (4.7 in).^[1] Its chelipeds have tubercles near the carapace, granules and rounded spines further down, and tufts of setae on the fingers of its chelae.^[1] Its walking legs feature long, rounded spines, with its slightly curved dactyli having smaller rounded spines and tufts of setae.^[1] On its underside, its abdominal segments are covered with small granules.^[1]

Distribution

As of 2020^[update], exactly one specimen of P. tuberipes has been described, a female found in the Huichas Islands near Puerto Aguirre [es], Chile in January 1945.^[1]^[3]^[2] Its depth was not recorded.^[2]

Etymology

P. tuberipes was named by carcinologist Enrique Macpherson in 1988, and its name is a combination of the Latin words "tuber" (referring to "tubercles") and "pes" ("foot").^[1]^[a]

Notes

^ Lit. "tuber foot"

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Macpherson, Enrique (1988). "Three new species of Paralomis (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura, Lithodidae) from the Pacific and Antarctic Oceans". Zoologica Scripta. 17 (1): 69–75. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1988.tb00087.x – via ResearchGate.
^ ^a ^b ^c Wicksten, M.K. (2020). "Lower Slope and Abyssal Benthic Decapods of the Eastern Pacific". In Hendrickx, Michel E. (ed.). Deep-Sea Pycnogonids and Crustaceans of the Americas. p. 397. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-58410-8_17. ISBN 978-3-030-58409-2. [...] the records of Paralomis tuberipes do not provide a depth.
^ Asonov, Sergey E.; Spiridonov, Vassily A.; Neretina, Tatiana V.; Uryupova, Ekaterina F.; Schepetov, Dimitry (September 2014). "King crabs of the western Atlantic sector of Antarctic and adjacent areas: new records, molecular barcode data and distribution (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae)". Polar Biology. 38: 231–249. doi:10.1007/s00300-014-1581-z – via ResearchGate. Some species (Paralomis tuberipes Macpherson, 1988) are currently known only from the type locality off southern Chile [...]

[4] Lit. "tuber foot"

[Macpherson_1988-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Macpherson, Enrique (1988). "Three new species of Paralomis (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura, Lithodidae) from the Pacific and Antarctic Oceans". Zoologica Scripta. 17 (1): 69–75. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1988.tb00087.x – via ResearchGate.

[Wicksten_2020-2] Wicksten, M.K. (2020). "Lower Slope and Abyssal Benthic Decapods of the Eastern Pacific". In Hendrickx, Michel E. (ed.). Deep-Sea Pycnogonids and Crustaceans of the Americas. p. 397. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-58410-8_17. ISBN 978-3-030-58409-2. [...] the records of Paralomis tuberipes do not provide a depth.

[Anosov_et_al._2014-3] Asonov, Sergey E.; Spiridonov, Vassily A.; Neretina, Tatiana V.; Uryupova, Ekaterina F.; Schepetov, Dimitry (September 2014). "King crabs of the western Atlantic sector of Antarctic and adjacent areas: new records, molecular barcode data and distribution (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae)". Polar Biology. 38: 231–249. doi:10.1007/s00300-014-1581-z – via ResearchGate. Some species (Paralomis tuberipes Macpherson, 1988) are currently known only from the type locality off southern Chile [...]

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