Cryptolithodes
Cryptolithodes is a genus of king crabs, containing the following three species:
| Cryptolithodes | |
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| Cryptolithodes typicus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Lithodidae |
| Subfamily: | Lithodinae |
| Genus: | Cryptolithodes Brandt, 1848[1] |
| Type species | |
| Cryptolithodes typicus Brandt, 1848
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Cryptolithodes is a genus of king crabs, containing the following three species:
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution | References |
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Cryptolithodes expansus Miers, 1879 | メンコガニ | Japan, Korean coast, British Columbia | [2][3][4] |
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Cryptolithodes sitchensis Brandt, 1853 | Umbrella crab | Northeastern Pacific Ocean | [5] |
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Cryptolithodes typicus Brandt, 1848 | Butterfly crab, turtle crab | Northeastern Pacific Ocean | [6] |
Etymology
[edit]The name "Cryptolithodes" means "hidden stone".[6]
References
[edit]- ^ von Brandt, Johann Friedrich (1848). "Die Gattung Lithodes Latreille nebst vier neuer ihr ver wandten von Wosnessenski entdeckten, als Typen einer besondern Unter abtheilung (Tribus Lithodea) der Edward'shen Anomuren". Bulletin de la Classe physico-mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint Pétersbourg (in German). 7 (11): 171–176.
- ^ Ohtsuchi, Naoya; Kanki, Takayuku; Kawamura, Tomohiko (26 April 2024). "メンコガニ（甲殻亜門，十脚目，異尾下目，タラバガニ科）の分布域の再検討と 大槌湾から得られた脱皮直後の個体の記録" [Review on the distribution ranges of Cryptolithodes expansus (Miers, 1879) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Lithodidae) with notes on a specimen shortly after moulting found at Otsuchi Bay, Northeastern Japan] (PDF). Bulletin of the Otsuchi Coastal Research Center. 39: 1–8. doi:10.15083/0002009917. Retrieved 30 November 2024 – via the University of Tokyo.
- ^ Kim, Mi Hyang; Hong, Sung Yun (2000). "Larval development of Cryptolithodes expansus Miers (Decapoda: Anomura: Lithodidae) reared in the laboratory". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 113 (1): 54–65 – via ResearchGate.
- ^ Hall, Sally; Thatje, Sven (October 2009). "Global bottlenecks in the distribution of marine Crustacea: temperature constraints in the family Lithodidae" (PDF). Journal of Biogeography. 36 (11): 2125–2135. Bibcode:2009JBiog..36.2125H. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02153.x. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 May 2023.
- ^ Jensen, Gregory C. (1995). Pacific Coast Crabs and Shrimps. Sea Challengers. ISBN 0-930118-20-0. LCCN 94039292 – via the Internet Archive.
- ^ a b Hart, Josephine F. L. (May 1965). "Life History and Larval Development of Cryptolithodes typicus Brandt (Decapoda, Anomura) from British Columbia". Crustaceana. 8 (3): 255–276. Bibcode:1965Crust...8..255H. doi:10.1163/156854065X00460. JSTOR 20102652. S2CID 83881135.
External links
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