Lithodes
| Lithodes | |
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| Lithodes santolla | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Lithodidae |
| Genus: | Lithodes Latreille, 1806 |
Lithodes is a genus of king crabs. Today there are about 30 recognized species, but others formerly included in this genus have been moved to Neolithodes and Paralomis.[1] They are found in oceans around the world, ranging from shallow to deep waters, but mostly at depths of 100–1,000 m (300–3,300 ft). They are restricted to relatively cold waters, meaning that they only occur at large depths at low latitudes, but some species also shallower at high latitudes. They are medium to large crabs and some species are or were targeted by fisheries.[2][3][4]
Species[]
Lithodes contains the following species:[1]
- Lithodes aequispinus Benedict, 1895 – golden king crab
- Ahyong, 2010
- Ahyong, 2010
- Takeda & Nagai, 2004
- Ahyong, 2010
- Macpherson, 1988
- J. E. Benedict, 1895 – scarlet king crab
- Filhol, 1885 – fierce king crab
- Ahyong & Chan, 2010
- Lithodes galapagensis Hall & Thatje, 2009
- Ahyong, 2010
- Sakai, 1971
- Ahyong, 2010
- Lithodes maja (Linnaeus, 1758) – Norway king crab
- manningi Macpherson, 1988
- Macpherson, 1988
- Macpherson, 1991
- Henderson, 1888 – Subantarctic stone crab
- Sakai, 1976
- Faxon, 1893
- Macpherson & Chan, 2008
- Ahyong, 2010
- Macpherson, 1990
- Ahyong, 2010
- Lithodes santolla (Molina, 1782) – southern king crab, Chilean king crab, centolla
- Macpherson, 1988
- Ortmann, 1892
- Macpherson, 1984
- Haig, 1974
References[]
- ^ a b Michael Türkay (2010). "Lithodes Latreille, 1806". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
- ^ Stevens, B.G. (2014). King Crabs of the World: Biology and Fisheries Management. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4398-5542-3.
- ^ Macpherson, E. (1988). Revision of the family Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) in the Atlantic Ocean. Monografías de Zoología Marina 2: 1-153.
- ^ Emmerson, W.D. (2016). A Guide to, and Checklist for, the Decapoda of Namibia, South Africa, vol. 2. Cambridge Scholar Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4438-9097-7
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