Lithodes

Lithodes
	Lithodes santolla
Scientific classification
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 high 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[edit]

Lithodes contains the following 29 species:^[1]

Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
Lithodes aequispinus Benedict, 1895	Golden king crab	North Pacific
Lithodes aotearoa Ahyong, 2010		New Zealand
Lithodes australiensis Ahyong, 2010
Lithodes ceramensis Takeda & Nagai, 2004
Lithodes chaddertoni Ahyong, 2010
Lithodes confundens Macpherson, 1988		Southwestern Atlantic
Lithodes couesi J. E. Benedict, 1895	Scarlet king crab
Lithodes ferox Filhol, 1885	fierce king crab^{[citation needed]}
Lithodes formosae Ahyong & Chan, 2010		Taiwan
Lithodes galapagensis Hall & Thatje, 2009		The Galapagos Islands
Lithodes jessica Ahyong, 2010		New Zealand
Lithodes longispina Sakai, 1971
Lithodes macquariae Ahyong, 2010
Lithodes maja (Linnaeus, 1758)	Norway king crab, northern stone crab	North Atlantic
Lithodes mamillifer manningi Macpherson, 1988
Lithodes manningi Macpherson, 1988
Lithodes megacantha Macpherson, 1991		French Polynesia
Lithodes murrayi Henderson, 1888	Subantarctic stone crab^{[citation needed]}
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	Southern South America
Lithodes turkayi Macpherson, 1988
Lithodes turritus Ortmann, 1892		Japan, the East China Sea, Taiwan, and the Philippines
Lithodes unicornis Macpherson, 1984
Lithodes wiracocha Haig, 1974

References[edit]

^ ^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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[worms-1] Michael Türkay (2010). "Lithodes Latreille, 1806". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 30, 2019.

[2] Stevens, B.G. (2014). King Crabs of the World: Biology and Fisheries Management. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4398-5542-3.

[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.

[4] 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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