Checklist for Superfamily Lithodoidea Samouelle, 1819 (King crabs)
and region British Columbia (West Canada, Canada)
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 173
460
925 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 169
455
910 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 58
144
323 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 57
138
313 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
| 54
134
308 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps | 10
31
76 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Lithodoidea
Samouelle, 1819
King crabs, Stone crabs | 2
11
18 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for British Columbia
2 Families width 18 Species
Genera for British Columbia
11 Genera with 18 Species | Acantholithodes Holmes, 1860 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptolithodes Brandt, 1848 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Hapalogaster Brandt, 1850 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lithodes Latreille, 1758 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Lopholithodes Brandt, 1848 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Oedignathus Benedict, 1860 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paralithodes Brandt, 1815 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paralomis White, 1895 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Phyllolithodes Brandt, 1848 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Placetron Schalfeew, 1892 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhinolithodes Brandt, 1848 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for British Columbia
18 Species | Acantholithodes hispidus Stimpson, 1860 | Fuzzy Crab | | Cryptolithodes altafissura Spence Bate, 1865 | | | Cryptolithodes sitchensis Brandt, 1853 | Sitka crab | | Cryptolithodes typicus Brandt, 1848 | Butterfly crab | | Hapalogaster grebnitzkii Schalfeew, 1892 | Soft crab | | Hapalogaster mertensii Brandt, 1850 | Hairy crab | | Lithodes aequispinus Benedict, 1895 | Golden king crab | | Lithodes couesi Benedict, 1895 | Scarlet king crab | | Lithodes maja Linnaeus, 1758 | Deepsea King Crab | | Lopholithodes foraminatus Stimpson, 1859 | Brown box crab | | Lopholithodes mandtii Brandt, 1848 | Puget Sound king crab | | Oedignathus inermis Stimpson, 1860 | Blue Lithode Crab | | Paralithodes camtschaticus Tilesius, 1815 | Alaska King Crab | | Paralomis multispina Benedict, 1895 | | | Paralomis verrilli Benedict, 1895 | | | Phyllolithodes papillosus Brandt, 1848 | Flatspine triangle crab | | Placetron wosnessenskii Schalfeew, 1892 | Scaled crab | | Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii Brandt, 1848 | Golf-ball crab |
Subnodes of Lithodoidea with occurrences in British Columbia
Links, sources and further information Lithodoidea at itis.gov
Lithodoidea at marinespecies.org
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