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Checklist for Family Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819 (king crab)
and region Japan (East Asia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
337
1830
5827
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
335
1828
5824
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
161
1152
4062
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
159
1143
4017
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
148
1092
3833
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps
18
129
688
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lithodoidea
Samouelle, 1819
King crabs, Stone crabs
2
12
32
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLithodidae
Samouelle, 1819
King crab, King crabs, Stone and king crabs, Stone crabs
9
27
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Japan
9 Genera with 27 Species
Acantholithus Stimpson, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Cryptolithodes Brandt, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Leptolithodes Benedict, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Lithodes Latreille, 18926SpeciesTaxom
Lopholithodes Brandt, 19801SpeciesTaxom
Neolithodes Milne-Edward..., 19711SpeciesTaxom
Paralithodes Brandt, 18504SpeciesTaxom
Paralomis White, 189511SpeciesTaxom
Sculptolithodes Makarov, 19341SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Japan
27 Species
Acantholithus hystrix De Haan, 1849
Cryptolithodes expansus Miers, 1879Geyer's twinpod
Leptolithodes multispinus (Benedict, 1895)⇒ Paralomis multispina Benedict, 1895
Lithodes aequispina (Benedict, 1894)⇒ Lithodes aequispinus Benedict, 1895
Lithodes aequispinus Benedict, 1895Golden king crab
Lithodes hystrix (De Haan, 1849)⇒ Paralomis histrix De Haan, 1849
Lithodes longispina Sakai, 1971
Lithodes maja Linnaeus, 1758Deepsea King Crab
Lithodes turritus Ortmann, 1892Violet suksdorfia
Lopholithodes odawarai (Sakai, 1980)⇒ Paralomis odawarai Sakai, 1980
Neolithodes nipponensis Sakai, 1971
Paralithodes brevipes H. Milne Edw..., 1841
Paralithodes camtschatica (Tilesius, 1815)⇒ Paralithodes camtschaticus Tilesius, 1815
Paralithodes camtschaticus Tilesius, 1815Alaska King Crab
Paralithodes platypus Brandt, 1850Blue king crab
Paralomis cristata Takeda & Ohta, 1979
Paralomis dofleini Balss, 1911
Paralomis histrix De Haan, 1849
Paralomis hystrixoides Sakai, 1980
Paralomis jamsteci Takeda & Has..., 1990
Paralomis japonicus Balss, 1911
Paralomis kyushupalauensis Takeda, 1985
Paralomis multispina Benedict, 1895
Paralomis odawarai Sakai, 1980
Paralomis truncatispinosa Takeda & Miyake, 1980
Paralomis verrilli Benedict, 1895
Sculptolithodes derjugini Makarov, 1934


Links, sources and further information
Lithodidae at artfakta.se
Lithodidae at biodiversity.org.au
Lithodidae at dyntaxa.se
Lithodidae at gbif.org
Lithodidae at irmng.org
Lithodidae at itis.gov
Lithodidae at marinespecies.org