Neolithodes flindersi | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Anomura |
Family: | Lithodidae |
Genus: | Neolithodes |
Species: | N. flindersi
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Binomial name | |
Neolithodes flindersi
Ahyong, 2010
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Neolithodes flindersi is a species of king crab found in southeastern Australia. [1] [2] They have been found at depths of 887–1,333 metres (2,910–4,373 ft) but typically appear from 950–1,050 metres (3,120–3,440 ft). [2] They most closely resemble Neolithodes brodiei and Neolithodes nipponensis. [2]
N. flindersi has been found to be parasitised by the snailfish genus Careproctus, who deposit eggs in the crabs' gill chambers. [1] They have been found in Alcyonacea corals such as Chrysogorgia orientalis. [1]