Glyptolithodes
Genus of crustaceans / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Glyptolithodes cristatipes, also known as the Peruvian centolla, is a species of king crab, and the only species in the genus Glyptolithodes.[3] The species was briefly placed in the related genus Rhinolithodes after its initial description, but was soon moved to its own genus.[3]
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Glyptolithodes | |
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Glyptolithodes cristatipes specimen | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Anomura |
Family: | Lithodidae |
Genus: | Glyptolithodes Faxon, 1895 [1] |
Species | |
Synonyms | |
Rhinolithodes cristatipes Faxon, 1893 [3] |
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