Paralithodes brevipes

Paralithodes brevipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Anomura
Family:	Lithodidae
Genus:	Paralithodes
Species:	P. brevipes
Binomial name
	Paralithodes brevipes; Milne-Edwards & Lucas

Paralithodes brevipes, also called the spiny king crab and sometimes the brown king crab,^[2] is a species of king crab.^[1] In Japan it is known as hanasakigani (ハナサキガニ "flower blossom crab").^[3]

It has a limited distribution in cold, shallow waters as far south as the coast of Hokkaido,^[4] where male-only fishing has damaged the reproductive success of the species,^[5] up to as far north as the southwest Bering Sea.^[6]

They are known to be parasitized by Hematodinium.^[7]

Reproductive behavior

Male P. brevipes guard females prior to copulation, spending less time doing so when females are more numerous.^[8] The reproductive success of the species is heavily sensitive to the ratio of male to female crabs.^[8]^[5] Because sperm recovery in P. brevipes occurs at a slow rate, males allocate sperm dependent on the size of the female.^[9]

Gallery

Boiled

References

^ ^a ^b Milne-Edwards, Henri; Lucas, Hippolyte (1841). "Description des crustacés nouveaux ou peu connus conservés dans la collection du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle". Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (in French). 2: 461–483. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
^ Stevens, Bradley G.; Lovrich, Gustavo A. (2014). "King Crabs of the World: Species and Distributions". King Crabs of the World (1st ed.). CRC Press. pp. 17, 82. doi:10.1201/b16664. ISBN 978-0-429-06317-6.
^ Matsuno, Takao; Maoka, Takashi (1988). "The carotenoids of crab Paralithodes brevipes (Hanasakigani in Japanese)". Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi. 54 (8): 1437–42. doi:10.2331/suisan.54.1437.
^ Nakanishi, Takashi (1981). "The effect of temperature on growth, survival and oxygen consumption of larvae and post-larvae of Paralithodes brevipes (Decapoda: Anomura)" (PDF). Bull. Jap. Sea Reg. Fish. Res. Lab. (32): 49–56. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b Sato, Taku; Ashidate, Masakazu; Jinbo, Tadao; Goshima, Seiji (April 2007). "Does male-only fishing influence reproductive success of the female spiny king crab, Paralithodes brevipes?". Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 64 (4): 735–742. Bibcode:2007CJFAS..64..735S. doi:10.1139/f07-044.
^ Stevens 2014, p. 15–16.
^ Ryazanova, T.V.; Eliseikina, M.G.; Kukhlevsky, A.D. (September 2021). "First detection of Hematodinium sp. In spiny king crab Paralithodes brevipes, and new geographic areas for the parasite in tanner crab Chionoecetes bairdi, and red king crab Paralithodes camtschaticus". Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 184: 107651. Bibcode:2021JInvP.18407651R. doi:10.1016/j.jip.2021.107651. PMID 34348127.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
^ ^a ^b Wada, Satoshi; Ashidate, Masakazu; Yoshino, Kenji; Sato, Taku; Goshima, Seiji (May 2000). "Effects of Sex Ratio on Egg Extrusion Frequency and Mating Behavior of the Spiny King Crab Paralithodes brevipes (Decapoda: Lithodidae)". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 20 (3): 479–82. Bibcode:2000JCBio..20..479G. doi:10.1163/20021975-99990063. JSTOR 1549388.
^ Sato, Taku; Ashidate, Masakazu; Jinbo, Tadao; Goshima, Seiji (24 April 2006). "Variation of sperm allocation with male size and recovery rate of sperm numbers in spiny king crab Paralithodes brevipes" (PDF). Marine Ecology Progress Series. 312: 189–99. Bibcode:2006MEPS..312..189S. doi:10.3354/meps312189. S2CID 84613584. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.

Bibliography

Stevens, Bradley G., ed. (2014). King Crabs of the World: Biology and Fisheries Management. CRC Press. doi:10.1201/b16664. ISBN 978-0429063176. LCCN 2013036692.