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Checklist for Superfamily Lithodoidea Samouelle, 1819 (King crabs)
and region Tropical Eastern Pacific (Northeast Pacific)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
119
389
1168
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
119
389
1168
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
90
340
1103
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
88
337
1100
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
80
305
1005
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps
17
87
339
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lithodoidea
Samouelle, 1819
King crabs, Stone crabs
2
14
27
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Tropical Eastern Pacific
2 Families width 27 Species
Hapalogastridae Brandt, 18507SpeciesTaxom
Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819King crab20SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Tropical Eastern Pacific
14 Genera with 27 Species
Acantholithodes Holmes, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Cryptolithodes Brandt, 18482SpeciesTaxom
Dermaturus Brandt, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Glyptolithodes Faxon, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Hapalogaster Brandt, 18503SpeciesTaxom
Lithodes Latreille, 17824SpeciesTaxom
Lopholithodes Brandt, 18482SpeciesTaxom
Neolithodes Milne-Edward..., 18951SpeciesTaxom
Oedignathus Benedict, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Paralithodes Brandt, 18954SpeciesTaxom
Paralomis White, 18954SpeciesTaxom
Phyllolithodes Brandt, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Placetron Schalfeew, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Rhinolithodes Brandt, 18481SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tropical Eastern Pacific
27 Species
Acantholithodes hispidus Stimpson, 1860Fuzzy Crab
Cryptolithodes sitchensis Brandt, 1853Sitka crab
Cryptolithodes typicus Brandt, 1848Butterfly crab
Dermaturus mandtii Brandt, 1850Wrinkled crab
Glyptolithodes cristatipes Faxon, 1893Peruvian centolla
Hapalogaster cavicauda Stimpson, 1859Furry crab
Hapalogaster grebnitzkii Schalfeew, 1892Soft crab
Hapalogaster mertensii Brandt, 1850Hairy crab
Lithodes aequispinus Benedict, 1895Golden king crab
Lithodes couesi Benedict, 1895Scarlet king crab
Lithodes galapagensis Hall & Thatje, 2009
Lithodes santolla Molina, 1782Centolla
Lopholithodes foraminatus Stimpson, 1859Brown box crab
Lopholithodes mandtii Brandt, 1848Puget Sound king crab
Neolithodes diomedeae Benedict, 1895
Oedignathus inermis Stimpson, 1860Blue Lithode Crab
Paralithodes californiensis Benedict, 1895California king crab
Paralithodes camtschaticus Tilesius, 1815Alaska King Crab
Paralithodes platypus Brandt, 1850Blue king crab
Paralithodes rathbuni Benedict, 1895Spiny King Crab
Paralomis longipes Faxon, 1893
Paralomis manningi Williams, Sm..., 2000
Paralomis multispina Benedict, 1895
Paralomis verrilli Benedict, 1895
Phyllolithodes papillosus Brandt, 1848Flatspine triangle crab
Placetron wosnessenskii Schalfeew, 1892Scaled crab
Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii Brandt, 1848Golf-ball crab

Subnodes of Lithodoidea with occurrences in Tropical Eastern Pacific
FamilyHapalogastridae
Brandt, 1850
5
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLithodidae
Samouelle, 1819
king crab, King crabs, Stone and king crabs, Stone crabs, stone crabs and king crabs
9
20
Genera
Species

Taxom



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