Lithodes galapagensis

Lithodes galapagensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
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 Galapagos Islands, where 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]

Sources

Sally Hall & Sven Thatje (2009). "Four new species of the family Lithodidae (Decapoda: Anomura) from the collections of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2302: 31–47.
Rory Howlett (December 2, 2009). "King crab family bigger than ever". National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (UK).

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[Hall-1] Sally Hall & Sven Thatje (2009). "Four new species of the family Lithodidae (Decapoda: Anomura) from the collections of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2302: 31–47.

[2] Rory Howlett (December 2, 2009). "King crab family bigger than ever". National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (UK).