Lithodes mamillifer
| Lithodes mamillifer | |
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| Adult specimen (top); juvenile specimen (bottom) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Lithodidae |
| Genus: | Lithodes |
| Species: | L. mamillifer
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| Binomial name | |
| Lithodes mamillifer Macpherson, 1988[1]
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Lithodes mamillifer is a species of king crab.[1] It has been found between the east coast of South Africa and the west coast of Madagascar at depths of 550–800 m (1,800–2,620 ft).[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Macpherson, Enrique (1988). "Lithodid crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Lithodidae) from Madagascar and La Réunion (SW Indian Ocean) with descriptions of two new species". Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Section A, Zoologie, biologie et écologie animales. 4. 10: 117–133 – via the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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