Podding of Paralomis granulosa (Lithodidae) juveniles inhabiting kelp forests of the Cape Horn Archipelago (Chile)

• Published in: Nauplius
• Main Authors: Ivan Cañete, Alan M. Friedlander, Enric Sala, Tania Figueroa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Carcinologia 2021
• Subjects: Diego Ramírez Island-Drake Passage Marine Park; ecological recruitment; king crab ecology; seaweed-animal relationship; sub-Antarctic benthos; Science; Q; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Zoology; QL1-991; Antarctic; Drake Passage; Cape Horn; Wollaston; Jacquinot; Hombron; Ramírez Island; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2021031; https://doaj.org/article/5b72eb9277db4dcbbddd3b98b64b3210

Abstract Subtidal observations along the Cape Horn Archipelago, Chile (CHA) in February 2017 revealed an unusually large aggregation (or pod) of juvenile false king crabs, Paralomis granulosa (Hombron and Jacquinot, 1846), in association with kelp forests (Macrocystis pyrifera and Lessonia spp.). Th...