Phyllolithodes

Phyllolithodes is a monospecific genus of king crab in the family Lithodidae. Its only species, Phyllolithodes papillosus (nicknamed the flatspine triangle crab^[3]), lives in the intertidal zone and the subtidal zone.^[4] It can be found as far north as Unalaska in the Aleutian Islands and as far south as San Miguel Island in Southern California.^[4] Phyllolithodes is likely a sister genus of Rhinolithodes.^[5]

Phyllolithodes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Anomura
Family:	Lithodidae
Genus:	Phyllolithodes Brandt, 1848[1]
Species:	P. papillosus
Binomial name
Phyllolithodes papillosus Brandt, 1848
Synonyms[2]
Petalocerus bicornis White, 1855