Lithodes richeri

Lithodes richeri has a pyriform carapace and is overall deep-red in colour.{{sfn|Ahyong|2010|pp=62, 64}} The largest female carapace yet measured is {{convert|143|mm|in|abbr=on}} in postrostral length and {{convert|127|mm|in|abbr=on}} in width, while the largest male carapace is {{convert|112.1|mm|in|abbr=on}} in postrostral length and {{convert|105.8|mm|in|abbr=on}} in width.{{sfn|Ahyong|2010|pp=60–61}} When the rostrum – angled upward at about 30° – is included, it accounts for anywhere from slightly more to slightly less than half the length of the carapace.{{Sfn|Ahyong|2010|p=62}} This is exceptionally long among king crabs from Australia and New Zealand.{{Sfn|Ahyong|2010|p=64}} The chelipeds are unequal in size and are slightly larger relative to the postrostral carapace length in males compared to females.{{Sfn|Ahyong|2010|p=64}} Its first pair of walking legs are the shortest and the third pair the longest; all three pairs of walking legs are longer relative to postrostral carapace length in males compared to females.{{Sfn|Ahyong|2010|p=64}}

Lithodes richeri is found in Vanuatu, New Caledonia, and eastern Australia between depths of {{cvt|860-1220|m|ft}}.{{sfn|Ahyong|2010|p=66}} In 2004, a large female king crab from the Seram Sea was identified as L. richeri, but this was later identified in 2018 as L. ahyongi, a new species.{{sfn|Ahyong|2010|p=66}}{{sfn|Takeda|2018|p=87}}

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• {{Cite journal|last=Macpherson|first=Enrique|title=Crustacea Decapoda: On some species of Lithodidae from the Western Pacific|year=1990|series=Résultats des Campagnes Musorstom|journal=Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie|volume=145|pages=217–226|s2cid=126616987|url=https://archive.org/details/biostor-250521|via=the Internet Archive}}
• {{Cite book|last=Ahyong|first=Shane T.|author-link=Shane T. Ahyong|url=https://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/Memoir%20123_The%20Marine%20Fauna%20of%20New%20Zealand_King%20Crabs.pdf#page=38|title=The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: King Crabs of New Zealand, Australia, and the Ross Sea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae)|publisher=National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research|year=2010|isbn=978-0-478-23285-1|series=NIWA Biodiversity Memoirs|volume=123|lccn=2010497356|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215075140/https://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/Memoir%20123_The%20Marine%20Fauna%20of%20New%20Zealand_King%20Crabs.pdf|archive-date=15 February 2020|url-status=live}}
• {{Cite journal|last=Takeda|first=Masatsune|date=August 2018|title=A new king crab of the genus Lithodes Latreille, 1806 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura, Lithodidae) from Indonesia|journal=Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science. Series A|volume=44|issue=3|pages=87–92|url=https://www.kahaku.go.jp/research/publication/zoology/download/44_3/L_BNMNS_44-3_87.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620071219/https://www.kahaku.go.jp/research/publication/zoology/download/44_3/L_BNMNS_44-3_87.pdf|archive-date=20 June 2022|url-status=live|access-date=26 September 2024|via=the National Museum of Nature and Science|issn=

2434-0901}}

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Category:King crabs

Category:Crustaceans described in 1990

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