Lithodes turkayi

Lithodes turkayi is a species of king crab.^[1] It has been found at depths of 70–1,696 m (230–5,564 ft) and lives in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile, the southern Atlantic Ocean near the Falkland Islands, and the Southern Ocean in the Bellingshausen Sea.^[1][2]

Lithodes turkayi
L. turkayi from the Beagle Channel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Anomura
Family:	Lithodidae
Genus:	Lithodes
Species:	L. turkayi
Binomial name
Lithodes turkayi Macpherson, 1988

Description

L. turkayi is reddish-brownish with red carapace spines and dark red legs.^[1] It has a pyriform carapace which has been measured in males to be as long as 109 mm (4.3 in) and as wide as 110 mm (4.3 in).^[1] It is morphologically similar to L. murrayi, but its legs distinguish it both in that they are longer proportionally and that they have more numerous but less prominent spines.^[1]