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Lithodes turritus

Lithodes turritus is a species of king crab. It is found in Japan, the East China Sea, Taiwan, and the Philippines at depths from 300–812 metres (984–2,664 ft).

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Length
253 w
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Source
Lithodes turritus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Lithodidae
Genus: Lithodes
Species:
L. turritus
Binomial name
Lithodes turritus
Ortmann, 1892

Lithodes turritus is a species of king crab.12 It is found in Japan, the East China Sea, Taiwan, and the Philippines at depths from 300–812 metres (984–2,664 ft).34

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References

  1. Ortmann, A. E. (1892). "Die Decapoden-Krebse des Strassburger Museum, mit beson derer Berücksichtigung der von Herrn Dr. Doederlein bei Japan und bei den Liu-Kiu-Inseln gesammelten und zur Zeit im Strassburger Museum aufbe wahrten Formen.IV. Die Abtheilungen Galatheidea und Paguridea". Zoologisher Jahrbüchern. Abtheilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere. 6: 241–326.
  2. McLaughlin, Patsy A.; Komai, Tomoyuki; Lemaitre, Rafael; Rahayu, Dwi Listyo (2010). "Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea. Part I — Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea and Paguroidea" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (Supplement 23): 5–107. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
  3. Macpherson, Enrique (1990). "Crustacea Decapoda: On some species of Lithodidae from the Western Pacific". Résultats des Campagnes Musorstom. 6: 217–226. S2CID 126616987.
  4. Wu, Shu-Ho; Chan, Tin-Yam; Yu, Hsiang-Ping (October 1998). "First record of the king crab Lithodes turritus Ortmann, 1892 (Decapoda, Lithodidae) in Taiwanese waters". Crustaceana. 71 (7): 818–823. Bibcode:1998Crust..71..818C. doi:10.1163/156854098X00068. JSTOR 20106056. S2CID 84559812.
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