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Species of king crab

Lithodes ferox
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Lithodidae
Genus: Lithodes
Species: L. ferox
Binomial name
Lithodes ferox
Filhol, 1885
Synonyms
  • Lithodes tropicalis A. Milne-Edwards, 1883
  • Pseudolithodes pyriforms Birstein & Vinogradov, 1972

Lithodes ferox, also known as the fierce king crab, is a species of king crab. It has been found on the muddy bottoms of the southeastern Atlantic Ocean at depths from 160–1,013 m (525–3,323 ft). It is distributed between the Gulf of Guinea, the northwesternmost coast of South Africa, and the island of Saint Helena.

References

  1. De Grave, Sammy (30 November 2021). "Lithodes ferox Filhol, 1885". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  2. Muñoz, Isabel; García-Isarch, Eva; Sobrino, Ignacio; Burgos, Candelaria; Funny, Rita; González-Porto, Marcos (December 2011). "Distribution, abundance and assemblages of decapod crustaceans in waters off Guinea-Bissau (north-west Africa)". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 92 (3): 475–494. doi:10.1017/S0025315411001895. S2CID 84600572 – via ResearchGate.
  3. ^ Macpherson, Enrique (June 1988). Revision of the family Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) in the Atlantic Ocean (PDF). Monografías de Zoología Marina. Vol. 2. pp. 64–68. doi:10.1163/9789004627369. ISBN 978-84-00-06807-3. S2CID 127331902. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-11-06 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

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Taxon identifiers
Lithodes ferox


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