Biology:Phyllolithodes

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Phyllolithodes
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Lithodidae
Genus: Phyllolithodes
Species:
P. papillosus
Binomial name
Phyllolithodes papillosus
Brandt, 1848

Phyllolithodes is a monospecific genus of king crab in the family Lithodidae. Its only species, Phyllolithodes papillosus (nicknamed the flatspine triangle crab[1]), lives in the intertidal zone and the subtidal zone.[2] It can be found as far north as Unalaska in the Aleutian Islands and as far south as San Miguel Island in Southern California.[2]

References

  1. Stevens, Bradley (January 2002). "Checklist of Alaskan crabs". doi:10.4027/ccwrbme.2002.02. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Hart, Josephine F.L. (1984). "Crabs and their relatives of British Columbia". British Columbia Provincial Museum Handbook (40). https://ibis.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/efauna/documents/CrabsJHart.pdf. Retrieved 4 September 2023. 

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