First record of lithodid crabs from Antarctic waters off the Balleny Islands

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Thatje, S., Lorz, A.N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Antarctic; Balleny Islands; New Zealand; Ross Sea; Scott Island; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Polar Biology
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/38980/; https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/38980/1/Thatje_Neolithodes.pdf

Four specimens of Neolithodes brodiei Dawson and Yaldwyn (1970) have been obtained for the first time from bottom trawls deployed in Antarctic waters off the Balleny Islands (about 67°S) in March 2004. The Lithodidae constitute the only anomuran crab family so far known to be able to thrive under hi...