Description
General:
Distinctive rostrum spines and cheliped fingers.
Geographic Information
Habitat description:
Benthic, also commensal with Scotoplanes.
Additional Information
Consulting taxonomist:
Mary Wicksten, Professor, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
Consulting taxonomist:
Enrique Macpherson, Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Blanes (CSIC) Girona, Spain.
References
Encyclopedia of LifeTree of Life
World Register of Marine Species
National Center for Biotechnology Information
McLaughlin, P.A., T. Komai, and R. Lemaitre (2010). Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world Part I. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 23: 5–107.
Macpherson, E. (1988). Revision of the family Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) in the Atlantic Ocean. Monografías de Zoología Marina. 2: 9-153.
Clark, R. (unpublished) West Coast Slope Invertebrates Juan de Fuca Strait to Baja California (And Southern California Shelf).
Citation:
Neolithodes diomedeae
(Benedict, 1895) Deep-Sea Guide (DSG) at http://dsg/mbari.org/dsg/view/concept/Neolithodes%20diomedeae. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). Consulted on 2024-11-25.