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Rhinolithodes
Monospecific genus of king crab From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii, also called the rhinoceros crab, is a species of king crab, the only species in the genus Rhinolithodes.[2][3] The species is named after Ilya Gavrilovich Voznesenski.[4] It is found at depths of 6–73 metres (20–240 ft) in the north-east Pacific Ocean from Kodiak, Alaska to Crescent City, California.[5][6]
R. wosnessenskii grows to 7 centimetres (2.8 in) across the carapace, which is triangular and has a deep semicircular depression. The legs are covered in spines and long setae. It lives in crevices on rocky or gravel bottoms, and is only rarely encountered.[6] Rhinolithodes is likely a sister genus to Phyllolithodes.[7]
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