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Checklist for Superfamily Lithodoidea Samouelle, 1819 (King crabs)
and region Eurasia (Continents)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
613
5026
27212
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
598
4987
27139
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
248
2433
14370
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
245
2417
14257
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
215
2285
13463
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps
20
243
2157
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lithodoidea
Samouelle, 1819
King crabs, Stone crabs
2
14
64
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Eurasia
2 Families width 64 Species
Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819King crab56SpeciesTaxom
Hapalogastridae Brandt, 18508SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Eurasia
14 Genera with 64 Species
Acantholithus Stimpson, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Cryptolithodes Brandt, 18482SpeciesTaxom
Dermaturus Brandt, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Hapalogaster Brandt, 18505SpeciesTaxom
Leptolithodes Benedict, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Lithodes Latreille, 189216SpeciesTaxom
Lopholithodes Brandt, 19803SpeciesTaxom
Neolithodes Milne-Edward..., 19712SpeciesTaxom
Oedignathus Benedict, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Paralithodes Brandt, 18956SpeciesTaxom
Paralomis White, 189523SpeciesTaxom
Phyllolithodes Brandt, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Placetron Schalfeew, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Sculptolithodes Makarov, 19341SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Eurasia
64 Species
Acantholithus hystrix De Haan, 1849
Cryptolithodes expansus Miers, 1879Geyer's twinpod
Cryptolithodes typicus Brandt, 1848Butterfly crab
Dermaturus mandtii Brandt, 1850Wrinkled crab
Hapalogaster cavicauda Stimpson, 1859Furry crab
Hapalogaster dentata De Haan, 1849
Hapalogaster dentatus
Hapalogaster grebnitzkii Schalfeew, 1892Soft crab
Hapalogaster mertensii Brandt, 1850Hairy crab
Leptolithodes multispinus (Benedict, 1895)⇒ Paralomis multispina Benedict, 1895
Lithodes aequispina (Benedict, 1894)⇒ Lithodes aequispinus Benedict, 1895
Lithodes aequispinus Benedict, 1895Golden king crab
Lithodes antarctica (Hombron & Ja..., 1842)⇒ Lithodes santolla Molina, 1782
Lithodes arctica (Latreille, 1806)⇒ Lithodes maja Linnaeus, 1758
Lithodes ceramensis Takeda & Nagai, 2004
Lithodes couesi Benedict, 1895Scarlet king crab
Lithodes formosae Ahyong & Chan, 2010
Lithodes hystrix (De Haan, 1849)⇒ Paralomis histrix De Haan, 1849
Lithodes longispina Sakai, 1971
Lithodes maia (Samouelle, 1819)⇒ Lithodes maja Linnaeus, 1758
Lithodes maja Linnaeus, 1758Deepsea King Crab
Lithodes megacantha Macpherson, 1991
Lithodes paulayi Macpherson &..., 2008
Lithodes richeri Macpherson, 1990
Lithodes santolla Molina, 1782Centolla
Lithodes turritus Ortmann, 1892Violet suksdorfia
Lopholithodes foraminatus Stimpson, 1859Brown box crab
Lopholithodes mandtii Brandt, 1848Puget Sound king crab
Lopholithodes odawarai (Sakai, 1980)⇒ Paralomis odawarai Sakai, 1980
Neolithodes grimaldii A. Milne-Edw..., 1894Porcupine crab
Neolithodes nipponensis Sakai, 1971
Oedignathus inermis Stimpson, 1860Blue Lithode Crab
Paralithodes brevipes H. Milne Edw..., 1841
Paralithodes californiensis Benedict, 1895California king crab
Paralithodes camtschatica (Tilesius, 1815)⇒ Paralithodes camtschaticus Tilesius, 1815
Paralithodes camtschaticus Tilesius, 1815Alaska King Crab
Paralithodes platypus Brandt, 1850Blue king crab
Paralithodes rathbuni Benedict, 1895Spiny King Crab
Paralomis arae Macpherson, 2001
Paralomis birsteini Macpherson, 1988
Paralomis bouvieri Hansen, 1908
Paralomis ceres Macpherson, 1989
Paralomis cristata Takeda & Ohta, 1979
Paralomis dofleini Balss, 1911
Paralomis echidna Ahyong, 2010
Paralomis granulosa Hombron & Ja..., 1846
Paralomis heterotuberculata (Tung, Yang & Li, 1984)⇒ Paralomis truncatispinosa Takeda & Miyake, 1980
Paralomis histrix De Haan, 1849
Paralomis hystrixoides Sakai, 1980
Paralomis jamsteci Takeda & Has..., 1990
Paralomis japonicus Balss, 1911
Paralomis kyushupalauensis Takeda, 1985
Paralomis longipes Faxon, 1893
Paralomis manningi Williams, Sm..., 2000
Paralomis multispina Benedict, 1895
Paralomis nivosa Hall & Thatje, 2009
Paralomis ochthodes Macpherson, 1988
Paralomis odawarai Sakai, 1980
Paralomis spectabilis Hansen, 1908
Paralomis truncatispinosa Takeda & Miyake, 1980
Paralomis verrilli Benedict, 1895
Phyllolithodes papillosus Brandt, 1848Flatspine triangle crab
Placetron wosnessenskii Schalfeew, 1892Scaled crab
Sculptolithodes derjugini Makarov, 1934

Subnodes of Lithodoidea with occurrences in Eurasia
FamilyHapalogastridae
Brandt, 1850
4
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLithodidae
Samouelle, 1819
king crab, King crabs, Stone and king crabs, Stone crabs, stone crabs and king crabs
10
56
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Lithodoidea at itis.gov
Lithodoidea at marinespecies.org