Phyllolithodes
Monospecific genus of king crab
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Phyllolithodes is a monospecific genus of king crab in the family Lithodidae. Its only species, Phyllolithodes papillosus (nicknamed the flatspine triangle crab[3]), lives in the intertidal zone and the subtidal zone.[4] It can be found as far north as Unalaska in the Aleutian Islands and as far south as San Miguel Island in Southern California.[4] Phyllolithodes is likely a sister genus of Rhinolithodes.[5]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Lithodidae |
| Genus: | Phyllolithodes Brandt, 1848[1] |
| Species: | P. papillosus |
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| Phyllolithodes papillosus Brandt, 1848 | |
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