Lithodes santolla
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Lithodes santolla, also known as the southern king crab, Chilean king crab or centolla, is a species of king crab, found off southern South America including the offshore Falkland Islands.[3] On the Pacific side, it is found in Chile from Talcahuano to Cape Horn.[3][4] On the Atlantic side, it is found off Argentina and Uruguay.[3] It lives in the benthic zone at depths of 0–700 m (0–2,300 ft),[3] with Uruguayan records being exclusively from great depths.[5] In Chile, it mostly lives at depths to 150 m (490 ft), but south of 40° S it can be found to 600 m (2,000 ft).[4] It is a large crab that can reach up to 19 cm (7.5 in) in carapace length, and it is the target of commercial fishing.[3]
Lithodes santolla | |
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Recently dead individual at Puerto Natales, Chile | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Anomura |
Family: | Lithodidae |
Genus: | Lithodes |
Species: | L. santolla |
Binomial name | |
Lithodes santolla (Molina, 1782) | |
Synonyms [1][2] | |
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