Paromola cuvieri

Paromola cuvieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Section: Dromiacea
Family: Homolidae
Genus: Paromola
Species: P. cuvieri
Binomial name
Paromola cuvieri
(Risso, 1816)
Synonyms [1]
  • Dorippe cuvieri Risso, 1816
  • Maia dumerili Risso, 1816

Paromola cuvieri is a species of crab in the family Homolidae. It occurs in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, from Angola to Norway, the Northern Isles and Iceland.[2][3][4] It is demersal, occurring at depths of 10–1,000 metres (33–3,281 ft),[2] but it is primarily a species of deep water.[5] This reddish crab is sexually dimorphic; the males have larger claws and are overall larger than the females. The carapace of the largest males can reach 20 cm (7.9 in), while their claws can span 1.2 m (3.9 ft).[6]

References

External identifiers for Paromola cuvieri
Encyclopedia of Life 1040173
ITIS 98319
WoRMS 107264
Also found in: SeaLifeBase
  1. Fransen, Charles; Türkay, Michael (2011). "Paromola cuvieri (Risso, 1816)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
  2. 1 2 Palomares, M. L. D. and Pauly, D., eds. (2011). "Paromola cuvieri" in SeaLifeBase. April 2011 version.
  3. Gordon, Isabella (1956). "Paromola cuvieri (Risso), a crab new to the Orkneys, Shetlands and Norway". Nature. 178 (4543): 1184–1185. Bibcode:1956Natur.178.1184G. doi:10.1038/1781184a0.
  4. Lilliendahl, Kristján; Einarsson, Sólmundur T.; Pálsson, Jónbjörn (2005). "Tvær sjaldgæfar tegundir skjaldkrabba Decapoda við Ísland" [Two species of rare crabs, Paralomis spectabilis and Paromola cuvieri Crustacea, Decapoda, in Icelandic waters]. Natturufraedingurinn (in Icelandic and English). Hið íslenska náttúrufræðifélag. 733 (3–4): 89–94.
  5. Capezzuto, Francesca; Maiorano, Porzia; Panza, Michele; Indennidate, Antonella; Sion, Letizia; D'Onghia, Gianfranco (2011). "Occurrence and behaviour of Paromola cuvieri (Crustacea, Decapoda) in the Santa Maria di Leuca cold-water coral community (Mediterranean Sea)". Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 53: 1–7. Bibcode:2012DSRI...59....1C. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2011.10.006.
  6. Thurston, Mike (1987). "Record breaking crab is not such a strange catch". New Scientist. 114 (1554): 24.


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