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Lithodes galapagensis

Summary

Lithodes galapagensis is a species of king crab described in 2009 that lives around the Galapagos Islands, where known from depths of 648 and 740 m (2,126 and 2,428 ft).[1][2] The two specimens upon which it was described (the holotype male and a paratype female) had a carapace length of 11.4 and 8.4 cm (4.5 and 3.3 in), and the species quite resembles L. wiracocha from Peru.[1]

Lithodes galapagensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Lithodidae
Genus: Lithodes
Species:
L. galapagensis
Binomial name
Lithodes galapagensis
Hall & Thatje, 2009 [1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Sally Hall & Sven Thatje (2009). "Four new species of the family Lithodidae (Decapoda: Anomura) from the collections of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2302: 31–47. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2302.1.3.
  2. ^ Rory Howlett (December 2, 2009). "King crab family bigger than ever". National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (UK).