Cryptolithodes
Cryptolithodes sitchensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Lithodidae
Genus: Cryptolithodes
Brandt, 1848 [1]

Cryptolithodes is a genus of king crabs, containing the following three species:

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Cryptolithodes expansus Miers, 1879Korean coast, British Columbia
Cryptolithodes sitchensis Brandt, 1853Umbrella crabNortheastern Pacific Ocean
Cryptolithodes typicus Brandt, 1848Butterfly crab, turtle crabNortheastern Pacific Ocean

Etymology

The name "Cryptolithodes" means "hidden stone".[2]

References

  1. โ†‘ "Cryptolithodes Brandt, 1848". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2011. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
  2. โ†‘ Hart, Josephine F. L. (May 1965). "Life History and Larval Development of Cryptolithodes typicus Brandt (Decapoda, Anomura) from British Columbia". Crustaceana. 8 (3): 255โ€“276. doi:10.1163/156854065X00460. JSTOR 20102652. S2CID 83881135.


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