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Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Lithodidae stone and king crabs
Subfamily: Lithodinae
Genus: Lithodes

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15 species (see list below)
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Max. Length 3.9 cm CL
 
Lithodes aequispinus
[Golden king crab]
No picture found
 
Lithodes confandens
[]

Arntz, Wolf E.

Southeast Pacific and Sou

Lithodes confundensMacpherson, 1988

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Lithodes confundens
[]
No picture found
 
Lithodes couesi
[Scarlet king crab]

FAO

Atlantic Ocean
Max. Length 14 cm CL
Lithodes ferox(Filhol, 1885)

Photo by FAO
 
Lithodes ferox
[Fierce king crab]
No picture found
 
Lithodes longispina
[]

Scott, Sue

Northeast Atlantic

Lithodes maiaunspecified

Photo by Scott, Sue
 
Lithodes maia
[]
No picture found
 
Lithodes maja
[Norway king crab]

Auscape International

Indo-Pacific, Atlantic an
Max. Length 10.7 cm TL
Lithodes murrayiHenderson, 1888

Photo by Auscape International
 
Lithodes murrayi
[Subantarctic stone crab]
No picture found
 
Lithodes nintokuae
[]
No picture found
 
Lithodes panamensis
[]
No picture found
 
Lithodes richeri
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 19 cm CL
 
Lithodes santolla
[Southern king crab]
No picture found
 
Lithodes turkayi
[]
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Lithodes turritus
[]


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