''Neolithodes agassizii'' is a species of
king crab native to the Western Atlantic. They live at depths of and have been found as far south as
Rio de Janeiro,
as far north as latitude 36°,
and near the
Equator
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See also
* ''
Neolithodes grimaldii'', a species which small specimens of ''N. agassizii'' may be confused for
*''
Neolithodes indicus'', a species originally misidentified as ''N. agassizii''
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King crabs
Crustaceans described in 1882
Crabs of the Atlantic Ocean
Invertebrates of Brazil
Biota of the Gulf of Mexico
Crustaceans of the United States
Taxa named by Sidney Irving Smith
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