Paralomis dawsoni

Paralomis dawsoni is a species of king crab which lives in New Caledonia, New Zealand, and the Solomon Islands at depths of 400–1,118 m (1,312–3,668 ft).[2][3][4] It is the largest species of Paralomis in New Zealand.[3]

Paralomis dawsoni
Conservation status
Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Family:	Lithodidae
Genus:	Paralomis
Species:	P. dawsoni
Binomial name
Paralomis dawsoni (Macpherson, 2001)[2]

Etymology

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

References

1. Freeman, Debbie; et al. (December 2014). Conservation status of New Zealand marine invertebrates, 2013 (PDF) (Report). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 9. Department of Conservation. p. 13. ISBN 978-0478150322. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
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.
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. 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.