Lithodes galapagensis
Lithodes galapagensis is a species of king crab described in 2009 that lives around the Galapagos Islands, where known from depths of 648 and 740 m (2,126 and 2,428 ft).[1][2] The two specimens upon which it was described (the holotype male and a paratype female) had a carapace length of 11.4 and 8.4 cm (4.5 and 3.3 in), and the species quite resembles L. wiracocha from Peru.[1]
| Lithodes galapagensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Lithodidae |
| Genus: | Lithodes |
| Species: | L. galapagensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Lithodes galapagensis Hall & Thatje, 2009 [1] | |
References
- Sally Hall & Sven Thatje (2009). "Four new species of the family Lithodidae (Decapoda: Anomura) from the collections of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2302: 31–47. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2302.1.3.
- Rory Howlett (December 2, 2009). "King crab family bigger than ever". National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (UK).
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