Echidnocerus
Echidnocerus is a genus of king crab. It includes Echidnocerus foraminatus (the brown box crab) and Echidnocerus cibarius, the Puget Sound king crab.[1][2][3] The genus was long known as Lopholithodes until it was discovered in 2022 that Lopholithodes is a junior synonym of Echidnocerus.[3]
| Echidnocerus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Lithodidae |
| Genus: | Echidnocerus White, 1842 |
| Species | |
Species
Echidnocerus contains the following two species:[3]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Echidnocerus cibarius (White, 1842) | Puget Sound king crab | The Pacific Coast of the United States |
.jpg.webp) | Echidnocerus foraminatus (Stimpson, 1860) | Brown box crab | From Prince William Sound in the Gulf of Alaska to San Diego, California |
References
- Patsy A. McLaughlin; Tomoyuki Komai; Rafael Lemaitre & Dwi Listyo Rahayu (2010). Martyn E. Y. Low & S. H. Tan (eds.). "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). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 23: 5–107. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-22.
- "Lopholithodes Brandt, 1848". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
- de Grave, Sammy; Ahyong, Shane T. "Echidnocerus White, 1842, an overlooked senior synonym of Lopholithodes Brandt, 1848 (Decapoda, Lithodidae)". Crustaceana. 95 (7): 861–865. doi:10.1163/15685403-bja10223.
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