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{{Short description|Species of large king crab}}
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'''''Neolithodes nipponensis''''' is a species of [[king crab]] which is found in [[Japan]] and [[Taiwan]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ahyong|first=Shane T.|date=2010-02-18|title=''Neolithodes flindersi'', a new species of king crab from southeastern Australia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae)|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289804861|journal=[[Zootaxa]]|volume=2362|issue=1|pages=55–62|doi=10.5281/zenodo.193654|access-date=2020-05-21|via=[[ResearchGate]]}}</ref><ref name="Macpherson & Chan, 2008">{{Cite journal|last1=Macpherson|first1=Enrique|last2=Chan|first2=Tin-Yam|date=2008-11-05|title=Some lithodid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae) from Taiwan and adjacent waters, with the description of one new species from Guam|url=https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/30641/30641.pdf|url-status=live|journal=[[Zootaxa]]|volume=1924|issue=1|pages=43–52|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.1924.1.2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808234116/https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/30641/30641.pdf|archive-date=2017-08-08|access-date=2020-05-21|via=the [[Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County]]}}</ref> It has been found at depths from {{Convert|200–1752|m|ft}}.<ref name="Macpherson & Chan, 2008" />
== Biology ==
'''Size'''
''Neolithodes nipponensis'' is the largest Lithodid in Japan, it can reach 18cm ('''180mm'''), it can reach a maximum weight of 3.6kg <ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ahyong|first=Shane T.|date=2010-02-18|title=''Neolithodes flindersi'', a new species of king crab from southeastern Australia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae)|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289804861|journal=[[Zootaxa]]|volume=2362|issue=1|pages=55–62|doi=10.5281/zenodo.193654|access-date=2020-05-21|via=[[ResearchGate]]}}</ref><ref name="Macpherson & Chan, 2008">{{Cite journal|last1=Macpherson|first1=Enrique|last2=Chan|first2=Tin-Yam|date=2008-11-05|title=Some lithodid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae) from Taiwan and adjacent waters, with the description of one new species from Guam|url=https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/30641/30641.pdf|url-status=live|journal=[[Zootaxa]]|volume=1924|issue=1|pages=43–52|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.1924.1.2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808234116/https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/30641/30641.pdf|archive-date=2017-08-08|access-date=2020-05-21|via=the [[Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County]]}}</ref><ref name="Macpherson & Chan, 2008" />
== In the Southern Pacific ==
In 2001, an article was published in ''[[Zoosystema]]'' which reported ''N. nipponensis'' in [[Fiji]].<ref name="Macpherson2001">{{Cite journal|last=Macpherson|first=Enrique|date=2001|title=New species and new records of lithodid crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the southwestern and Central Pacific Ocean|url=https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/12131/12131.pdf|url-status=live|journal=[[Zoosystema]]|volume=23|issue=4|pages=797–805|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813041713/https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/12131/12131.pdf|archive-date=2017-08-13|access-date=2020-05-21|via=the [[Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County]]}}</ref> Likewise, in 2003, an article was published in ''[[Scientia Marina]]'' which reported it in the [[Solomon Islands]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Macpherson|first=Enrique|date=2003|title=Some lithodid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae) from the Solomon Islands (SW Pacific Ocean), with the description of a new species*|url=https://digital.csic.es/bitstream/10261/2419/1/som.pdf|url-status=live|journal=[[Scientia Marina]]|volume=67|issue=4|pages=413–418|doi=10.3989/scimar.2003.67n4413 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722120230/https://digital.csic.es/bitstream/10261/2419/1/som.pdf|archive-date=2018-07-22|access-date=2020-05-21|via=the [[Spanish National Research Council]]}}</ref> However, both of these appear to be a yet-undescribed species.<ref name="Ahyong2010">{{Cite book|last=Ahyong|first=Shane T.|url=https://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/Memoir%20123_The%20Marine%20Fauna%20of%20New%20Zealand_King%20Crabs.pdf#page=74|title=The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: King Crabs of New Zealand, Australia, and the Ross Sea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae)|publisher=[[National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research]]|year=2010|isbn=978-0478232851|series=NIWA Diversity Memoirs|volume=123|pages=73, 96|lccn=2010497356|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215075140/https://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/Memoir%20123_The%20Marine%20Fauna%20of%20New%20Zealand_King%20Crabs.pdf|archive-date=2020-02-15|url-status=live}}</ref>
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