''Neolithodes flindersi'' is a species of

king crab King crabs are a taxon of decapod crustaceans chiefly found in cold seas. Because of their large size and the taste of their meat, many species are widely caught and sold as food, the most common being the red king crab (''Paralithodes camtsch ...

found in southeastern Australia. They have been found at depths of but typically appear from . They most closely resemble ''

Neolithodes brodiei ''Neolithodes brodiei'' is a species of king crab which is native to New Zealand and its adjacent waters. It lives at a depth of but is typically found within a depth of . It has a deep-red colour, and its carapace has many small spinules alon ...

'' and ''

Neolithodes nipponensis ''Neolithodes nipponensis'' is a species of king crab which is found in Japan and Taiwan. It has been found at depths from . In the Southern Pacific In 2001, an article was published in '' Zoosystema'' which reported ''N. nipponensis'' in Fi ...

''.

Interspecies interactions

''N. flindersi'' has been found to be parasitised by the snailfish genus ''

Careproctus ''Careproctus'' is a genus of snailfishes found in benthic and benthopelagic habitats in the Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic and Southern Oceans. Whether they truly are absent from the Indian Ocean (except for a couple of species in Subantarctic ...

'', who deposit eggs in the crabs' gill chambers. They have been found in

Alcyonacea Alcyonacea, or soft corals, are an order of corals. In addition to the fleshy soft corals, the order Alcyonacea now contains all species previously known as "gorgonian corals", that produce a more or less hard skeleton, though quite different f ...

corals such as ''

Chrysogorgia orientalis ''Chrysogorgia'' is a genus of soft corals in the family Chrysogorgiidae. Species * ''Chrysogorgia abludo'' Pante & Watling, 2011 * '' Chrysogorgia acanthella'' (Wright & Studer, 1889) * '' Chrysogorgia admete'' Bayer & Stefani, 1988 * ' ...

''.

References

External links

* * King crabs Crustaceans described in 2010 Crustaceans of Australia Crustaceans of the Pacific Ocean Taxa named by Shane T. Ahyong {{Crab-stub