Echidnocerus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Anomura |
Family: | Lithodidae |
Genus: |
Echidnocerus White, 1842 |
Species | |
Echidnocerus is a genus of king crab. It includes Echidnocerus foraminatus (the brown box crab) and Echidnocerus cibarius, the Puget Sound king crab. [1] [2] [3] The genus was long known as Lopholithodes until it was discovered in 2022 that Lopholithodes is a junior synonym of Echidnocerus. [3]
Echidnocerus contains the following two species: [3]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Echidnocerus cibarius (White, 1842) | Puget Sound king crab | The Pacific Coast of the United States |
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Echidnocerus foraminatus ( Stimpson, 1860) | Brown box crab | From Prince William Sound in the Gulf of Alaska to San Diego, California |