Lithodes turritus

Lithodes turritus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Anomura
Family:	Lithodidae
Genus:	Lithodes
Species:	L. turritus
Binomial name
	Lithodes turritus; Ortmann, 1892

Lithodes turritus is a species of king crab.^[1]^[2] It is found in Japan, the East China Sea, Taiwan, and the Philippines at depths from 300–812 metres (984–2,664 ft).^[3]^[4]

References

^ Ortmann, A. E. (1892). "Die Decapoden-Krebse des Strassburger Museum, mit beson derer Berücksichtigung der von Herrn Dr. Doederlein bei Japan und bei den Liu-Kiu-Inseln gesammelten und zur Zeit im Strassburger Museum aufbe wahrten Formen.IV. Die Abtheilungen Galatheidea und Paguridea". Zoologisher Jahrbüchern. Abtheilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere. 6: 241–326.
^ McLaughlin, Patsy A.; Komai, Tomoyuki; Lemaitre, Rafael; Rahayu, Dwi Listyo (2010). "Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea. Part I — Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea and Paguroidea" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (Supplement 23): 5–107. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
^ Macpherson, Enrique. "Crustacea Decapoda: On some species of Lithodidae from the Western Pacific". Résultats des Campagnes Musorstom. 6: 217–226. S2CID 126616987.
^ Wu, Shu-Ho; Chan, Tin-Yam; Yu, Hsiang-Ping (October 1998). "First record of the king crab Lithodes turritus Ortmann, 1892 (Decapoda, Lithodidae) in Taiwanese waters". Crustaceana. 71 (7): 818–823. JSTOR 20106056. S2CID 84559812.

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[1] Ortmann, A. E. (1892). "Die Decapoden-Krebse des Strassburger Museum, mit beson derer Berücksichtigung der von Herrn Dr. Doederlein bei Japan und bei den Liu-Kiu-Inseln gesammelten und zur Zeit im Strassburger Museum aufbe wahrten Formen.IV. Die Abtheilungen Galatheidea und Paguridea". Zoologisher Jahrbüchern. Abtheilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere. 6: 241–326.

[2] McLaughlin, Patsy A.; Komai, Tomoyuki; Lemaitre, Rafael; Rahayu, Dwi Listyo (2010). "Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea. Part I — Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea and Paguroidea" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (Supplement 23): 5–107. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

[3] Macpherson, Enrique. "Crustacea Decapoda: On some species of Lithodidae from the Western Pacific". Résultats des Campagnes Musorstom. 6: 217–226. S2CID 126616987.

[4] Wu, Shu-Ho; Chan, Tin-Yam; Yu, Hsiang-Ping (October 1998). "First record of the king crab Lithodes turritus Ortmann, 1892 (Decapoda, Lithodidae) in Taiwanese waters". Crustaceana. 71 (7): 818–823. JSTOR 20106056. S2CID 84559812.

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