NEW RECORDS OF KING CRABS (DECAPODA, ANOMURA, LITHODIDAE) FROM SOUTHERN BRAZIL

Until now only six species of lithodids have been found occasionally in the Brazilian coast. Most king crabs are accidentally caught during fisheries targeting other species. Herein we report new records for Lithodes confundens and Neolithodes aff. asperrimus from the south of Brazil, from the state...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Lianos, L. [UNESP], Mollemberg, M. C., Lima, D. J.M. [UNESP], Santana, W. [UNESP]
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/308204
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11449/308204
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:distribution
eastern Atlantic
Lithodoidea
South America
western Atlantic
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Sumario:Until now only six species of lithodids have been found occasionally in the Brazilian coast. Most king crabs are accidentally caught during fisheries targeting other species. Herein we report new records for Lithodes confundens and Neolithodes aff. asperrimus from the south of Brazil, from the states of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina, respectively. Lithodes confundens is found in the western Atlantic with a previous northern limit in the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Neolithodes aff. asperrimus is known to occur only along the western coast of Africa in the eastern Atlantic and this is the first record of the species in the western Atlantic.