''Neolithodes capensis'' is a species of
king crab which is found in the
Southern Ocean and the western
Indian Ocean. It has been found to a depth of .
They have been found near
Cape Point and around the
Crozet and
Kerguelen Islands in the
subantarctic, and they are widespread in the
Bellingshausen Sea
The Bellingshausen Sea is an area along the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula between 57°18'W and 102°20'W, west of Alexander Island, east of Cape Flying Fish on Thurston Island, and south of Peter I Island (there the southern ''Vostokkyste ...
on the Antarctic
continental slope.
''Neolithodes capensis'' closely resembles ''
Neolithodes yaldwyni
''Neolithodes yaldwyni'' is a species of king crab which is found in the Ross Sea from depths of . It had previously been misidentified as '' Neolithodes brodiei'', and it closely resembles '' Neolithodes capensis''.
Invasive species
''Neolith ...
'', another king crab of the Southern Ocean.
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King crabs
Crustaceans described in 1905
Crustaceans of the Indian Ocean
Crustaceans of South Africa
Fauna of the Crozet Islands
Fauna of the Kerguelen Islands
Fauna of the Southern Ocean
Taxa named by Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing
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