Phyllolithodes

Phyllolithodes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Lithodidae
Genus: Phyllolithodes
Brandt, 1848[1]
Species:
P. papillosus
Binomial name
Phyllolithodes papillosus
Brandt, 1848
Synonyms[2]
  • Petalocerus bicornis White, 1855

Phyllolithodes is a monospecific genus of king crab in the family Lithodidae. Its only species, Phyllolithodes papillosus (nicknamed the flatspine triangle crab[3]), lives in the intertidal zone and the subtidal zone.[4] It can be found as far north as Unalaska in the Aleutian Islands and as far south as San Miguel Island in Southern California.[4] Phyllolithodes is likely a sister genus of Rhinolithodes.[5]

References

  1. ^ von Brandt, Johann Friedrich (1848). "Die Gattung Lithodes Latreille nebst vier neuer ihr ver wandten von Wosnessenski entdeckten, als Typen einer besondern Unter abtheilung (Tribus Lithodea) der Edward'shen Anomuren". Bulletin de la Classe physico-mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint Pétersbourg. 7 (11): 171–176.
  2. ^ Ahyong, Shane T. (12 December 2023). "Phyllolithodes Brandt, 1848". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  3. ^ Stevens, Bradley (January 2002). Checklist of Alaskan crabs. doi:10.4027/ccwrbme.2002.02.
  4. ^ a b Hart, Josephine F.L. (1984). "Crabs and their relatives of British Columbia" (PDF). British Columbia Provincial Museum Handbook (40). Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  5. ^ Noever, Christoph; Glenner, Henrik (2017-07-05). "The origin of king crabs: hermit crab ancestry under the magnifying glass" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 182 (2): 300–318. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx033. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-07-16 – via the University of Copenhagen.


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