Paralomis White 1856 (king crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Lithodidae

Synonyms: Acantholithus Stimpson 1858, Leptolithodes Benedict 1895, Pristopus Benedict 1895

Parent taxon: Lithodidae according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023

See also Feldmann et al. 2006 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Echidnocerus, Lithodes, Neolithodes, Paralithodes, Phyllolithodes

Subtaxa: Paralomis birsteini Paralomis debodeorum Paralomis histrix Paralomis phrixa

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Paralomis in the database

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