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Acantholithodes

Acantholithodes is a monotypic genus of king crab. Its only species is Acantholithodes hispidus.

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Acantholithodes
Acantholithodes hispidus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Lithodidae
Genus: Acantholithodes
Holmes, 1895
Species:
A. hispidus
Binomial name
Acantholithodes hispidus
(Stimpson, 1860)

Acantholithodes is a monotypic genus of king crab. Its only species is Acantholithodes hispidus.1

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References

  1. Holmes, Samuel Jackson (1895). "Notes on West American Crustacea". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 2. 4 (2): 563–588.
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