Lithodid crab from Mauritania (Paralomis africana?)
Description
Lithodid from Mauritania. Best identification is Paralomis africana although picture quality prevents high confidence. P. africana could be P. cristulata, but there is no point making that distinction since the two are very close. That would fit into the normal depth range (although extend known geographic range) for both species.
| Item Type: | Image |
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| Title: | Lithodid crab from Mauritania (Paralomis africana?) |
| Creator(s): | Jones, Daniel |
| Identification: | Snow, Sally |
| Date: | 23 October 2004 |
| Time: | 04:19:36 |
| Classification: | Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) > Class Malacostraca (Crabs, krill, pill bugs, shrimps, prawns) > Order Decapoda (Crabs, lobsters, prawns, shrimps) > Family Lithodidae (King crabs) |
| Species: | Paralomis africana |
| Site: | Atlantic > Northern Tropical Atlantic > Tiof |
| Site Description: | Seafloor |
| Depth (m): | 1050 |
| Latitude: | 17 deg 56' 18" N |
| Longitude: | 16 deg 52' 03" W |
| Northing: | 1985573 |
| Easting: | 310670 |
| UTM Zone: | 28 |
| Countries: | West Africa > Mauritania |
| Substratum: | soft sediment |
| Rig: | Boa Deep C |
| Project Partners: | Woodside, Oceaneering |
| ROV: | Millenium 22 |
| Keywords: | crab, well, mauritania, Paralomis africana |
| Deposited By: | Dr Daniel Jones |
| Deposited On: | 29 January 2010 |
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