Paralithodes rathbuni, the spiny king crab or California king crab, is a species of king crab in the family Lithodidae.[2][3][4][5][6] It is closely related to P. californiensis with the same common names being used for the two and some authorities suggest that they might be conspecific.[7] P. rathbuni is found on sandy, muddy or rocky bottoms at depths of 92–380 m (302–1,247 ft) in the Pacific Ocean off southern California (north to Cordell Bank) and Baja California.[7]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Anomura |
Family: | Lithodidae |
Genus: | Paralithodes |
Species: | P. rathbuni
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Binomial name | |
Paralithodes rathbuni (J. E. Benedict, 1895)
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