Lithodes galapagensis
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| Lithodes galapagensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Lithodidae |
| Genus: | Lithodes |
| Species: | L. galapagensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Lithodes galapagensis Hall & Thatje, 2009 [1] | |
Lithodes galapagensis is a species of king crab described in 2009 that lives around the Galápagos Islands, where it's known from depths of 648 and 740 m (2,126 and 2,428 ft).[1][2] The two specimens upon which it was described (the holotype male and a paratype female) had a carapace length of 11.4 and 8.4 cm (4.5 and 3.3 in), and the species quite resembles L. wiracocha from Peru.[1]
