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Lithodidae

9 species · Animals

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Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Lithodidae

Cryptolithodes sitchensis Brandt, 1853

This is a description of the physical characteristics of the crab species Cryptolithodes sitchensis.

Cryptolithodes typicus Brandt, 1848

Cryptolithodes typicus, the butterfly crab, is a reef-dwelling crab with a camouflaged, broad butterfly-shaped carapace found from intertidal to 73m depth.

Paralithodes camtschaticus (Tilesius, 1815)

Paralithodes camtschaticus, the red king crab, is the largest king crab species, native to North Pacific cold waters and introduced to the Barents Sea.

Lithodes maja (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lithodes maja, the Norway king crab, is a cold North Atlantic king crab species unsuitable for commercial exploitation.

Lithodes santolla (Molina, 1782)

Lithodes santolla, the southern king crab, is a large commercially fished king crab native to southern South American waters.

Phyllolithodes papillosus Brandt, 1848

Phyllolithodes is a monospecific king crab genus holding one species, the flatspine triangle crab, found along the North American Pacific coast.

Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii Brandt, 1848

Rhinoceros crab (Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii) is the only king crab in the monotypic genus Rhinolithodes, found in the northeast Pacific.

Echidnocerus cibarius White, 1842

Echidnocerus cibarius, the Puget Sound king crab, is a large, uncommon West Coast crab with distinctive blunt bumps.

Echidnocerus foraminatus Stimpson, 1859

Echidnocerus foraminatus, the brown box crab, is a king crab found from Alaska to California, with characteristic foramina for respiration when buried.

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Ocypodidae 39 species Diogenidae 32 species Palaemonidae 30 species Cambaridae 24 species Portunidae 24 species Varunidae 18 species Palinuridae 17 species Paguridae 15 species

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