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Lithodes aequispinus, the golden king crab, also known as the brown king crab, is a king crab species native to the North Pacific. [2] Golden king crabs are primarily found in the Aleutian Islands and waters nearer to Alaska and British Columbia; their range also extends to the Russian far east and Japan, albeit with a less dense population.
Oedignathus inermis is a species of king crab found off the Pacific coasts of the United States and Canada, from California [4] to Alaska, [5] and disjunctly around the coasts of Japan. [6] It is the only species in the genus Oedignathus, and is sometimes called the granular claw crab, [1] paxillose crab, [7] or tuberculate nestling lithode ...
The phylogeny of king crabs as hermit crabs who underwent secondary calcification and left their shell has been suspected since the late 1800s. [4] They are believed to have originated during the Early Miocene in shallow North Pacific waters, where most king crab genera – including all Hapalogastrinae – are distributed and where they exhibit a high amount of morphological diversity.
Neolithodes nipponensis is a species of king crab which is found in Japan and Taiwan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It has been found at depths from 200–1,752 metres (656–5,748 ft). [ 3 ]
Lithodes is a genus of king crabs. Today there are about 30 recognized species, but others formerly included in this genus have been moved to Neolithodes and Paralomis . [ 1 ] They are found in oceans around the world, ranging from shallow to deep waters, but mostly at depths of 100–1,000 m (300–3,300 ft).
The red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus), also called Kamchatka crab or Alaskan king crab, is a species of king crab native to cold waters in the North Pacific Ocean and adjacent seas, but also introduced to the Barents Sea. It grows to a leg span of 1.8 m (5.9 ft), and is heavily targeted by fisheries.
Maguimithrax spinosissimus, [2] also known as the Caribbean king crab, [3] West Indian spider crab, channel clinging crab, reef or spiny spider crab, and coral crab, is a species of spider crab that occurs throughout South Florida and across the Caribbean Islands.
Lithodes santolla, also known as the southern king crab, Chilean king crab or centolla, is a species of king crab, found off southern South America including the offshore Falkland Islands. [3] On the Pacific side, it is found in Chile from Talcahuano to Cape Horn. [3] [4] On the Atlantic side, it is found off Argentina and Uruguay. [3]