Lithodes

Lithodes is a genus of king crabs. Today there are about 30 recognized species, but others formerly included in this genus have been moved to Neolithodes and Paralomis.^[1] They are found in oceans around the world, ranging from shallow to deep waters, but mostly at depths of 100–1,000 m (300–3,300 ft). They are restricted to relatively cold waters, meaning that they only occur at high depths at low latitudes, but some species also shallower at high latitudes. They are medium to large crabs, and some species are or were targeted by fisheries.^[2][3][4]

Lithodes
Lithodes santolla
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Anomura
Family:	Lithodidae
Subfamily:	Lithodinae
Genus:	Lithodes Latreille, 1806
Type species
Lithodes maja (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
Pseudolithodes Birstein & Vinogradov, 1972

Species

Lithodes contains the following species:^[1]

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Lithodes aequispinus Benedict, 1895	Golden king crab	North Pacific
	Lithodes ahyongi Takeda, 2018		Seram Sea
	Lithodes aotearoa Ahyong, 2010		New Zealand
	Lithodes australiensis Ahyong, 2010		Southeastern Australia
	Lithodes ceramensis Takeda & Nagai, 2004		Seram Sea
	Lithodes chaddertoni Ahyong, 2010		Indian Ocean (Naturaliste Plateau or Broken Ridge)
	Lithodes confundens Macpherson, 1988		Southwestern Atlantic
	Lithodes couesi Benedict, 1895	Scarlet king crab	Northeastern Pacific Ocean and Burdwood Bank
	Lithodes ferox Filhol, 1885	Fierce king crab	Southeastern Atlantic Ocean
	Lithodes formosae Ahyong & Chan, 2010		Taiwan
	Lithodes galapagensis Hall & Thatje, 2009		The Galápagos Islands
	Lithodes jessica Ahyong, 2010		Southern Lord Howe Rise
	Lithodes longispina Sakai, 1971		Japan and Taiwan
	Lithodes macquariae Ahyong, 2010		Macquarie Island, the Auckland Islands, and Peter I Island
	Lithodes maja (Linnaeus, 1758)	Norway king crab, northern stone crab	North Atlantic
	Lithodes mamillifer Macpherson, 1988		Between South Africa and Madagascar
	Lithodes manningi Macpherson, 1988		Dominica and French Guiana
	Lithodes megacantha Macpherson, 1991		French Polynesia
	Lithodes murrayi Henderson, 1888	Subantarctic stone crab	Southwestern Indian Ocean
	Lithodes nintokuae Sakai, 1976		Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
	Lithodes panamensis Faxon, 1893		Pacific coast of South America from Panama to northern Chile
	Lithodes paulayi Macpherson & Chan, 2008		Guam
	Lithodes rachelae Ahyong, 2010		Southern coast of Australia
	Lithodes richeri Macpherson, 1990		Vanuatu, New Caledonia, and Australia
	Lithodes robertsoni Ahyong, 2010		New Zealand
	Lithodes santolla (Molina, 1782)	Southern king crab, Chilean king crab, centolla	Southern Cone
	Lithodes turkayi Macpherson, 1988		Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile, Southern Atlantic Ocean near the Falkland Islands, and Bellingshausen Sea
	Lithodes turritus Ortmann, 1892		Japan, the East China Sea, Taiwan, and the Philippines
	Lithodes unicornis Macpherson, 1984		Valdivia Bank, Walvis Ridge
	Lithodes wiracocha Haig, 1974		Northwestern coast of Peru