Paralomis tuberipes
{{Short description|Species of king crab}}
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Paralomis tuberipes is a species of king crab.{{cite journal|last=Macpherson|first=Enrique|title=Three new species of Paralomis (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura, Lithodidae) from the Pacific and Antarctic Oceans|year=1988|journal=Zoologica Scripta|volume=17|issue=1|pages=69–75|doi=10.1111/j.1463-6409.1988.tb00087.x|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230538549|via=ResearchGate}} It has been identified around {{ill|Puerto Aguirre (Chile)|lt=Puerto Aguirre|es|Puerto Aguirre (Chile)}} in Chile. Its depth range is unknown.{{cite book|last=Wicksten|first=M.K.|editor-last=Hendrickx|editor-first=Michel E.|year=2020|title=Deep-Sea Pycnogonids and Crustaceans of the Americas|chapter=Lower Slope and Abyssal Benthic Decapods of the Eastern Pacific|page=397|doi=10.1007/978-3-030-58410-8_17|isbn=978-3-030-58409-2|quote=[...] the records of Paralomis tuberipes do not provide a depth.}}
Appearance
P. tuberipes has a pentagonal carapace covered with granules. The female holotype's carapace measured at {{Convert|41|mm|in|abbr=on}} long and {{Convert|47|mm|in|abbr=on}} wide, and its walking legs are as long or slightly longer than its carapace, giving it a legspan of approximately {{Convert|120|mm|in|abbr=on}}. Its chelipeds have tubercles near the carapace, granules and rounded spines further down, and tufts of setae on the fingers of its chelae. Its walking legs feature long, rounded spines, with its slightly curved dactyli having smaller rounded spines and tufts of setae. On its underside, its abdominal segments are covered with small granules.
Distribution
{{As of|2020}}, exactly one specimen of P. tuberipes has been described, a female found in the Huichas Islands near {{ill|Puerto Aguirre (Chile)|lt=Puerto Aguirre|es|Puerto Aguirre (Chile)}}, Chile in January 1945.{{cite journal |last1=Asonov |first1=Sergey E. |last2=Spiridonov |first2=Vassily A. |last3=Neretina |first3=Tatiana V. |last4=Uryupova |first4=Ekaterina F. |last5=Schepetov |first5=Dimitry |date=September 2014 |title=King crabs of the western Atlantic sector of Antarctic and adjacent areas: new records, molecular barcode data and distribution (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae) |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270893088 |journal=Polar Biology |volume=38 |issue=2 |pages=231–249 |doi=10.1007/s00300-014-1581-z |quote=Some species (Paralomis tuberipes Macpherson, 1988) are currently known only from the type locality off southern Chile [...] |via=ResearchGate}} Its depth was not recorded.
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Category:Crustaceans described in 1988
Category:Anomura of the Pacific Ocean