Lithodes santolla: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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'''''Lithodes santolla''''', also known as the '''southern king crab''', '''king crab''' or '''''centolla''''', is a [[species]] of [[king crab]], found off southern South America including the offshore [[Falkland Islands]].<ref name=SeaLifeBase>{{SeaLifeBase species| genus=Lithodes | species=santolla | month=July | year=2023 }}</ref> On the Pacific side, it is found in Chile from [[Valdivia]] at around [[40th parallel south|40° STalcahuano]] to [[Cape Horn]] at [[60th parallel south|60° S]].<ref name=SeaLifeBase/><ref name="seragro">{{cite web |url=http://seragro.cl/?a=749 |title=Pesquera Melinka en Punta Arenas ofrece Centolla, Centollón y Caracoles |accessdate=January 17, 2009 |publisher=Servicios Agrícolas y Agroindustria}}</ref> On the Atlantic side, it is found off Argentina and Uruguay.<ref name=SeaLifeBase/> It lives in the [[benthic zone]] at depths of {{cvt|0-700|m|ft|-1}}.<ref name=SeaLifeBase/> In Chile, it mostly lives at depths to {{cvt|150|m}}, but south of [[40th parallel south|40° S]] it hascan beenbe found atto {{cvt|600|m}}.<ref name="seragro" /> It is a large crab that can reach up to {{cvt|19|cm}} in [[carapace]] length and it is the target of [[commercial fishing]].<ref name=SeaLifeBase/>

== Physiology ==

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== Fishing ==

[[File:Pesca de centolla en la Bahía Ushuaia 31.JPG|thumb|Fishing for ''L. santolla'' in [[Ushuaia]] Bay]]

The population of ''Lithodes santolla'' has seen a dramatic decline due to commercial fishing.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Anger |first=Klaus |last2=Lovrich |first2=Gustavo A. |last3=Thatje |first3=Sven |last4=Calcagno |first4=Javier A. |date=August 2004 |title=Larval and early juvenile development of ''Lithodes santolla'' (Molina, 1782) (Decapoda: Anomura: Lithodidae) reared at different temperatures in the laboratory |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/223835464_Larval_and_early_juvenile_development_of_Lithodes_santolla_Molina_1782_Decapoda_Anomura_Lithodidae_reared_at_different_temperatures_in_the_laboratory |journal=[[Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology]] |volume=306 |issue=2 |pages=217–230 |doi=10.1016/j.jembe.2004.01.010 |via=ResearchGate}}</ref>