Lithodes
| Lithodes | |
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| Lithodes santolla | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| 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 latitides. 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
- Lithodes aotearoa Ahyong, 2010
- Lithodes australiensis Ahyong, 2010
- Lithodes ceramensis Takeda & Nagai, 2004
- Lithodes chaddertoni Ahyong, 2010
- Lithodes confundens Macpherson, 1988
- Lithodes couesi J. E. Benedict, 1895 – scarlet king crab
- Lithodes ferox Filhol, 1885 – fierce king crab
- Lithodes formosae Ahyong & Chan, 2010
- Lithodes galapagensis Hall & Thatje, 2009
- Lithodes jessica Ahyong, 2010
- Lithodes longispina Sakai, 1971
- Lithodes macquariae Ahyong, 2010
- Lithodes maja (Linnaeus, 1758) – Norway king crab
- Lithodes mamillifer manningi Macpherson, 1988
- Lithodes manningi Macpherson, 1988
- Lithodes megacantha Macpherson, 1991
- Lithodes murrayi Henderson, 1888 – Subantarctic stone crab
- Lithodes nintokuae Sakai, 1976
- Lithodes panamensis Faxon, 1893
- Lithodes paulayi Macpherson & Chan, 2008
- Lithodes rachelae Ahyong, 2010
- Lithodes richeri Macpherson, 1990
- Lithodes robertsoni Ahyong, 2010
- Lithodes santolla (Molina, 1782) – southern king crab, Chilean king crab, centolla
- Lithodes turkayi Macpherson, 1988
- Lithodes turritus Ortmann, 1892
- Lithodes unicornis Macpherson, 1984
- Lithodes wiracocha 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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