Cryptolithodes is a genus of king crabs, containing the following three species:
| Cryptolithodes | |
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| Cryptolithodes typicus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Lithodidae |
| Genus: | Cryptolithodes Brandt, 1848[1] |
| Type species | |
| Cryptolithodes typicus Brandt, 1848
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| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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Cryptolithodes expansus Miers, 1879 | Korean coast, British Columbia | |
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Cryptolithodes sitchensis Brandt, 1853 | Umbrella crab | Northeastern Pacific Ocean |
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Cryptolithodes typicus Brandt, 1848 | Butterfly crab, turtle crab | Northeastern Pacific Ocean |
Etymology
editThe name "Cryptolithodes" means "hidden stone".[2]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
External links
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