Lithodidae

Paralithodes californiensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lithodoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Eucarida Ordo: Decapoda Subordo: Pleocyemata Infraordo: Anomura Superfamilia: Lithodoidea

Familia: Lithodidae
Genera: Cryptolithodes – Glyptholithodes – Lithodes – Lopholithodoes – Neolithodes – Paralithodes – Paralomis – Phyllolithodes – Rhinolithodes – Sculptolithodes
[source: Ahyong (2010: 14)]

Name

• Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819
  • Type genus: Lithodes Latreille, 1806
  • Stem: Lithod-

References

• Ahyong, S.T. 2010: The marine fauna of New Zealand: king crabs of New Zealand, Australia and the Ross Sea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae). NIWA biodiversity memoir, (123) reference page 

links

• McLaughlin, P.; Türkay, M. (2009). Lithodidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106737 on 2010-08-20

Vernacular names

English: king crabs

king crab