Cryptolithodes

Not to be confused with Cryptolithus.

Cryptolithodes is a genus of king crabs, containing the following three species:

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Cryptolithodes expansus Miers, 1879	メンコガニ	Japan, Korean coast, British Columbia
	Cryptolithodes sitchensis Brandt, 1853	Umbrella crab	Northeastern Pacific Ocean
	Cryptolithodes typicus Brandt, 1848	Butterfly crab, turtle crab	Northeastern Pacific Ocean

Cryptolithodes
Cryptolithodes typicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Anomura
Family:	Lithodidae
Subfamily:	Lithodinae
Genus:	Cryptolithodes Brandt, 1848[1]
Type species
Cryptolithodes typicus Brandt, 1848

Etymology

The name "Cryptolithodes" means "hidden stone".^[2]