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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.
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.
Lithodes maja, the Norway king crab or northern stone crab, [3] is a species of king crab which occurs in colder North Atlantic waters off Europe and North America. It is found along the entire coast of Norway, including Svalbard, ranging south into the North Sea and Kattegat, the northern half of the British Isles (with a few records off southwest England), and around the Faroe Islands ...
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.
Paralithodes brevipes (ハナサキガニ, Hanasakigani), [2] also known as the spiny king crab and sometimes the brown king crab, [3] is a species of king crab. [1] It has a limited distribution in cold, shallow waters as far south as the coast of Hokkaido, [4] where male-only fishing has damaged the reproductive success of the species, [5] up to as far north as the southwest Bering Sea.
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Paralomis granulosa, also known as the false king crab, the Chilean snow crab, and centollón (Spanish), is a species of king crab. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It lives around the southern tip of South America in Chile , Argentina , and the Falkland Islands .