Lithodes aotearoa

Lithodes aoteoroa is a New Zealand species of king crab in the family, Lithodidae,[1] and was first described in 2010 by Shane T. Ahyong.[1][2] It had formerly been confused with L. longispina and L. murrayi, but neither of those species are found in New Zealand.[2]

Lithodes aotearoa
Juvenile above, adult specimen below
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. aotearoa
Binomial name
Lithodes aotearoa
Ahyong, 2010[1]

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