Lithodes aotearoa | |
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Juvenile above, adult specimen below | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Anomura |
Family: | Lithodidae |
Genus: | Lithodes |
Species: | L. aotearoa
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Binomial name | |
Lithodes aotearoa |
Lithodes aoteoroa is a New Zealand species of king crab in the family, Lithodidae, [1] and was first described in 2010 by Shane T. Ahyong. [1] [2] It had formerly been confused with L. longispina and L. murrayi, but neither of those species are found in New Zealand. [2]