Lithodes ferox

Lithodes ferox, also known as the fierce king crab,^[2] is a species of king crab.^[3] It has been found on the muddy bottoms of the southeastern Atlantic Ocean at depths from 160–1,013 m (525–3,323 ft).^[3] It is distributed between the Gulf of Guinea, the northwesternmost coast of South Africa, and the island of Saint Helena.^[3]

Lithodes ferox
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Anomura
Family:	Lithodidae
Genus:	Lithodes
Species:	L. ferox
Binomial name
Lithodes ferox Filhol, 1885
Synonyms[1]
Lithodes tropicalis A. Milne-Edwards, 1883 Pseudolithodes pyriforms Birstein & Vinogradov, 1972