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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.
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.
Paralithodes is a genus of king crabs native to cold waters in the North Pacific Ocean, Okhotsk Sea, Bering Sea and Sea of Japan, but with one species also introduced to far northern Europe. They are medium-large to very large king crabs, and some species are important to commercial fisheries . [ 1 ]
Paralithodes rathbuni, the spiny king crab or California king crab, [2] [3] is a species of king crab. [1] It is closely related to P. californiensis , with the same common name California king crab being used for the two and some authorities suggest that they might be conspecific . [ 3 ]
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]
Over 13,228,000 pounds (6,000 t) of blue king crabs were caught during 1981, the peak for blue king crab fisheries as well as the year after red king crab fisheries peaked. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] The Pribilof Island harvest by the United States peaked in 1980 at 10,935,000 lb (4,960 t) and was closed in 1988 due to population decline, [ 19 ] then again ...
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.