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Checklist for Superfamily Lithodoidea Samouelle, 1819 (King crabs)
and region Southern South America (South America)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
321
1128
2408
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
318
1123
2403
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
110
413
981
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
108
405
941
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
101
376
882
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps
16
58
222
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lithodoidea
Samouelle, 1819
King crabs, Stone crabs
1
7
26
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Southern South America
1 Family width 26 Species
Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819King crab26SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Southern South America
7 Genera with 26 Species
Glyptolithodes Faxon, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Lithodes Latreille, 19889SpeciesTaxom
Lopholithodes Brandt, 18482SpeciesTaxom
Neolithodes Milne-Edward..., 18951SpeciesTaxom
Paralithodes Brandt, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Paralomis White, 012SpeciesTaxom
Phyllolithodes Brandt, 1848
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southern South America
26 Species
Glyptolithodes cristatipes Faxon, 1893Peruvian centolla
Lithodes aequispinus Benedict, 1895Golden king crab
Lithodes antarctica (Hombron & Ja..., 1842)⇒ Lithodes santolla Molina, 1782
Lithodes arctica (Latreille, 1806)⇒ Lithodes maja Linnaeus, 1758
Lithodes confundens Macpherson, 1988
Lithodes diomedeae (Benedict, 1895)⇒ Neolithodes diomedeae Benedict, 1895
Lithodes maja Linnaeus, 1758Deepsea King Crab
Lithodes murrayi Henderson, 1888Threelobe buttercup
Lithodes santolla Molina, 1782Centolla
Lithodes turkayi Macpherson, 1988
Lopholithodes foraminatus Stimpson, 1859Brown box crab
Lopholithodes mandtii Brandt, 1848Puget Sound king crab
Neolithodes diomedeae Benedict, 1895
Paralithodes camtschaticus Tilesius, 1815Alaska King Crab
Paralomis anamerae Macpherson, 1988
Paralomis birsteini Macpherson, 1988
Paralomis chilensis Andrade, 1980
Paralomis formosa Henderson, 1888Threelobe buttercup
Paralomis granulosa Hombron & Ja..., 1846
Paralomis longipes Faxon, 1893
Paralomis multispina Benedict, 1895
Paralomis otsuae Wilson, 1990
Paralomis sonne Guzmán, 2009
Paralomis spinosissima Birstein & V..., 1972
Paralomis tuberipes Macpherson, 1988
Paralomis verrucosus

Subnodes of Lithodoidea with occurrences in Southern South America
FamilyLithodidae
Samouelle, 1819
king crab, King crabs, Stone and king crabs, Stone crabs, stone crabs and king crabs
7
26
Genera
Species

Taxom



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