Echidnocerus
Genus of king crabs
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Echidnocerus is a genus of king crab. It includes Echidnocerus foraminatus (the brown box crab) and Echidnocerus cibarius, the Puget Sound king crab.[2][3][4] The genus was long known as Lopholithodes until it was discovered in 2022 that Lopholithodes is a junior synonym of Echidnocerus.[4]
| Echidnocerus | |
|---|---|
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| Echidnocerus cibarius | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Lithodidae |
| Subfamily: | Lithodinae |
| Genus: | Echidnocerus White, 1842 |
| Type species | |
| Echidnocerus cibarius White, 1842 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
Echidnocerus contains the following two species:[4]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Echidnocerus cibarius White, 1842 | Puget Sound king crab | Alaska to California | [5] |
.jpg) | Echidnocerus foraminatus Stimpson, 1859 | Brown box crab | From Prince William Sound in the Gulf of Alaska to San Diego, California | [6] |
