Cryptolithodes

Not to be confused with Cryptolithus.

Cryptolithodes
Cryptolithodes typicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Lithodidae
Subfamily: Lithodinae
Genus: Cryptolithodes
Brandt, 1848[1]
Type species
Cryptolithodes typicus
Brandt, 1848

Cryptolithodes is a genus of king crabs, containing the following three species:

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
Cryptolithodes expansus Miers, 1879 メンコガニ Japan, Korean coast, British Columbia
Cryptolithodes sitchensis Brandt, 1853 Umbrella crab Northeastern Pacific Ocean
Cryptolithodes typicus Brandt, 1848 Butterfly crab, turtle crab Northeastern Pacific Ocean

Etymology

The name "Cryptolithodes" means "hidden stone".[2]

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 (in German). 7 (11): 171–176.
  2. ^ Hart, Josephine F. L. (May 1965). "Life History and Larval Development of Cryptolithodes typicus Brandt (Decapoda, Anomura) from British Columbia". Crustaceana. 8 (3): 255–276. doi:10.1163/156854065X00460. JSTOR 20102652. S2CID 83881135.
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