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Checklist for Superfamily Lithodoidea Samouelle, 1819 (King crabs)
and region Washington (West USA, USA)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
177
493
1012
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
176
492
1009
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
67
165
367
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
66
162
362
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
63
156
352
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps
12
30
72
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lithodoidea
Samouelle, 1819
King crabs, Stone crabs
2
11
17
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Washington
2 Families width 17 Species
Hapalogastridae Brandt, 18505SpeciesTaxom
Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819King crab12SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Washington
11 Genera with 17 Species
Acantholithodes Holmes, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Cryptolithodes Brandt, 18482SpeciesTaxom
Hapalogaster Brandt, 18502SpeciesTaxom
Lithodes Latreille, 18953SpeciesTaxom
Lopholithodes Brandt, 18482SpeciesTaxom
Oedignathus Benedict, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Paralithodes Brandt, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Paralomis White, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Phyllolithodes Brandt, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Placetron Schalfeew, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Rhinolithodes Brandt, 18481SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Washington
17 Species
Acantholithodes hispidus Stimpson, 1860Fuzzy Crab
Cryptolithodes sitchensis Brandt, 1853Sitka crab
Cryptolithodes typicus Brandt, 1848Butterfly crab
Hapalogaster grebnitzkii Schalfeew, 1892Soft crab
Hapalogaster mertensii Brandt, 1850Hairy crab
Lithodes aequispina (Benedict, 1894)⇒ Lithodes aequispinus Benedict, 1895
Lithodes aequispinus Benedict, 1895Golden king crab
Lithodes couesi Benedict, 1895Scarlet king crab
Lopholithodes foraminatus Stimpson, 1859Brown box crab
Lopholithodes mandtii Brandt, 1848Puget Sound king crab
Oedignathus inermis Stimpson, 1860Blue Lithode Crab
Paralithodes camtschaticus Tilesius, 1815Alaska King Crab
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 Washington
FamilyHapalogastridae
Brandt, 1850
4
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLithodidae
Samouelle, 1819
king crab, King crabs, Stone and king crabs, Stone crabs, stone crabs and king crabs
7
12
Genera
Species

Taxom



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