Lithodes galapagensis

Lithodes galapagensis is a species of king crab described in 2009 that lives around the Galápagos Islands, where it's known from depths of 648 and 740 m (2,126 and 2,428 ft).^[1][2] The two specimens upon which it was described (the holotype male and a paratype female) had a carapace length of 11.4 and 8.4 cm (4.5 and 3.3 in), and the species quite resembles L. wiracocha from Peru.^[1]

Lithodes galapagensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Anomura
Family:	Lithodidae
Genus:	Lithodes
Species:	L. galapagensis
Binomial name
Lithodes galapagensis Hall & Thatje, 2009 [1]