Lithodes turritus

Lithodes turritus is a species of king crab.^[1][2] It is found in Japan, the East China Sea, Taiwan, and the Philippines at depths from 300–812 metres (984–2,664 ft).^[3][4]

Lithodes turritus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Anomura
Family:	Lithodidae
Genus:	Lithodes
Species:	L. turritus
Binomial name
Lithodes turritus Ortmann, 1892

References

1. Ortmann, A. E. (1892). "Die Decapoden-Krebse des Strassburger Museum, mit beson derer Berücksichtigung der von Herrn Dr. Doederlein bei Japan und bei den Liu-Kiu-Inseln gesammelten und zur Zeit im Strassburger Museum aufbe wahrten Formen.IV. Die Abtheilungen Galatheidea und Paguridea". Zoologisher Jahrbüchern. Abtheilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere. 6: 241–326.
2. McLaughlin, Patsy A.; Komai, Tomoyuki; Lemaitre, Rafael; Rahayu, Dwi Listyo (2010). "Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea. Part I — Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea and Paguroidea" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (Supplement 23): 5–107. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
3. Macpherson, Enrique. "Crustacea Decapoda: On some species of Lithodidae from the Western Pacific". Résultats des Campagnes Musorstom. 6: 217–226. S2CID 126616987.
4. Wu, Shu-Ho; Chan, Tin-Yam; Yu, Hsiang-Ping (October 1998). "First record of the king crab Lithodes turritus Ortmann, 1892 (Decapoda, Lithodidae) in Taiwanese waters". Crustaceana. 71 (7): 818–823. JSTOR 20106056. S2CID 84559812.

External links

• Media related to Lithodes turritus at Wikimedia Commons
• Image at the Taiwan Encyclopedia of Life