Lithodes confundens

Lithodes confundens is a species of king crab.^[1][2][3] It is found on muddy bottoms off the southern coasts of South America from a depth of 0–283 m (0–928 ft).^[1][3][4]

Lithodes confundens
Preserved specimen of Lithodes confundens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Anomura
Family:	Lithodidae
Genus:	Lithodes
Species:	L. confundens
Binomial name
Lithodes confundens Macpherson, 1988

References

1. Macpherson, Enrique (June 1988). Revision of the family Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) in the Atlantic Ocean (PDF). Monografías de Zoología Marina. Vol. 2. pp. 68–70. doi:10.1163/9789004627369. ISBN 978-84-00-06807-3. S2CID 127331902. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-11-06 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
2. Lovrich, Gustavo A.; Perroni, Mario; Vinuesa, Julio H.; Tapella, Federico; Chizzini, Alejandro; Romero, M. Carolina (October 2002). "Occurrence of Lithodes Confundens (Decapoda: Anomura) in the Intertidal of the Southwestern Atlantic". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 22 (4): 894–902. doi:10.1163/20021975-99990301.
3. Sotelano, M. Paula; Gowland-Sainz, María F.; Diez, Mariano J.; Lovrich, Gustavo A. (2013). "Distribution of Lithodes confundens Macpherson, 1988 (Decapoda, Anomura) along the Atlantic continental shelf of southern South America". Crustaceana. 86 (2): 246–252. doi:10.1163/15685403-00003163. hdl:11336/26713. S2CID 84600236.
4. Lovrich, Gustavo A.; Tapella, Federico (2014). "Southern King Crabs". In Stevens, Bradley G. (ed.). King Crabs of the World (1st ed.). CRC Press. p. 450. doi:10.1201/b16664. ISBN 978-0-429-06317-6.

External links

• Media related to Lithodes confundens at Wikimedia Commons