Neolithodes duhameli

Neolithodes duhameli has a dark red, pyriform carapace which is evenly covered in a combination of long, thick spines (of up to about {{Fraction||1|3}} the carapace length) and many spinules.{{Sfn|Macpherson|2004|p=419–420}} Females are known to grow up to {{Convert|144|mm|in|abbr=on}} in carapace width and {{Convert|120|mm|in|abbr=on}} in carapace length, and the rearmost walking legs are each about twice as long as the carapace.{{Sfn|Macpherson|2004|p=419–420}}

Neolithodes duhameli was first described in 2004 by carcinologist Enrique Macpherson.{{sfn|Macpherson|2004|p=418}} It is among a subgroup of Neolithodes – alongside N. agassizii, N. asperrimus, and N. nipponensis – whose carapace, chelipeds, and walking legs are covered with many spinules or spine-like granules.{{Sfn|Macpherson|2004|p=420}} The specific name duhameli is named after Guy Duhamel of the National Museum of Natural History in France.{{sfn|Macpherson|2004|p=419}}

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• {{Cite journal|last=Macpherson|first=Enrique|title=A new species and new records of lithodid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae) from the Crozet and Kerguelen Islands area (Subantarctica)|journal=Polar Biology|date=26 March 2004|volume=27|issue=7|pages=418–422|doi=10.1007/s00300-004-0609-1|bibcode=2004PoBio..27..418M |s2cid=25109992 }}
• {{Cite book|last=Ahyong|first=Shane T.|url=https://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/Memoir%20123_The%20Marine%20Fauna%20of%20New%20Zealand_King%20Crabs.pdf#page=74|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=978-0478232851|series=NIWA Diversity Memoirs|volume=123|pages=73, 96|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}}

• {{Wikispecies-inline|Neolithodes duhameli|Neolithodes duhameli}}
• [https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/iu/item/2013-3501 Images of N. duhameli] at the National Museum of Natural History, France

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Category:King crabs

Category:Crustaceans described in 2004

Category:Anomura of the Indian Ocean

Category:Fauna of the Crozet Islands

Category:Taxa named by Enrique Macpherson

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