''Neolithodes asperrimus'' 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 ...

native to the coast of Africa. It has been found in

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...

and Mauritania at depths of , and ''Neolithodes'' aff. ''asperrimus'' has been found in

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

, Réunion, and the

South Region of Brazil South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz ...

. They are known to be parasitised by ''Iphigenella acanthopoda'', a species of

Gammaridea Gammaridea is one of the suborders of the order Amphipoda, comprising small, shrimp-like crustaceans. Until recently, in a traditional classification, it encompassed about 7,275 (92%) of the 7,900 species of amphipods described by then, in approx ...

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King crabs Crustaceans described in 1947 Crabs of the Atlantic Ocean Crustaceans of the Indian Ocean Crustaceans of Africa Crustaceans of South Africa Taxa named by Keppel Harcourt Barnard Invertebrates_of_Brazil {{Crab-stub

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