77 Species in Family Lithodidae
Nominal species list for Lithodidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Acantholithodes hispidus (Stimpson, 1860) Fuzzy crab
Cryptolithodes sitchensis Brandt, 1853 Umbrella crab
Cryptolithodes typicus Brandt, 1848 Butterfly crab
Dermaturus mandtii Brandt, 1850 Wrinkled crab
Glyptolithodes cristatipes (Faxon, 1893)
Hapalogaster cavicauda Stimpson, 1859 Furry crab
Hapalogaster dentata (De Haan, 1844) Spiny stone crab
Hapalogaster grebnitzkii Schalfeew, 1892 Soft crab
Hapalogaster mertensii Brandt, 1850 Hairy crab
Lithodes aequispinus Benedict, 1895 Golden king crab
Lithodes confandens Macpherson, 1988
Lithodes confundens Macpherson, 1988
Lithodes couesi Benedict, 1895 Scarlet king crab
Lithodes ferox (Filhol, 1885) Fierce king crab
Lithodes longispina Sakai, 1971
Lithodes macquariae Ahyong, 2010
Lithodes maia unspecified
Lithodes maja (Linnaeus, 1758) Norway king crab
Lithodes megacantha Macpherson, 1991
Lithodes murrayi Henderson, 1888 Subantarctic stone crab
Lithodes nintokuae Sakai, 1976
Lithodes panamensis Faxon, 1893
Lithodes richeri Macpherson, 1990
Lithodes santolla (Molina, 1782) Southern king crab
Lithodes turkayi Macpherson, 1988
Lithodes turritus Ortmann, 1892
Lopholithodes foraminatus (Stimpson, 1859) Brown box crab
Lopholithodes mandtii Brandt, 1848 Puget sound king crab
Neolithodes agassizii (Smith, 1882)
Neolithodes asperrimus Barnard, 1947 Rough king crab
Neolithodes brodiei Dawson & Yaldwyn, 1970
Neolithodes capensis Benedict, 1895
Neolithodes diomedeae (Benedict, 1895)
Neolithodes duhameli Macpherson, 2004
Neolithodes grimaldi unspecified
Neolithodes grimaldii (Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1894) porcupine crab
Neolithodes nipponensis Sakai, 1971
Neolithodes vinogradovi Macpherson, 1988
Neolithodes yaldwyni Ahyong & Dawson, 2006
Oedignathus inermis (Stimpson, 1860) Paxillose crab
Paralithodes brevipes (Milne-Edwards & Lucas, 1841) Brown king crab
Paralithodes californiensis (Benedict, 1895) California king crab
Paralithodes camtschaticus (Tilesius, 1815) Red king crab
Paralithodes platypus Brandt, 1850 Blue king crab
Paralithodes rathbuni (Benedict, 1895) Forknose king crab
Paralomis aculeata Henderson, 1888
Paralomis alis Ahyong, 2020
Paralomis anamerae Macpherson, 1988
Paralomis arae Macpherson, 2001
Paralomis birsteini Macpherson, 1988
Paralomis bouvieri Hansen, 1908
Paralomis cubensis Chace, 1939
Paralomis dawsoni Macpherson, 2001
Paralomis elongata Spiridonov, Türkay, Arntz & Thatje, 2006
Paralomis formosa Henderson, 1888 Globose king crab
Paralomis granulosa (Jacquinot, 1847) Softshell red crab
Paralomis haigae Eldredge, 1976
Paralomis hirtella De Sain Laurent & Macpherson, 1997
Paralomis longipes Faxon, 1893
Paralomis manningi Williams, Smith, & Baco, 2000
Paralomis multispina (Benedict, 1895)
Paralomis otsuae Wilson, 1990
Paralomis pacifica Sakai, 1978
Paralomis papua Ahyong, 2020
Paralomis seagranti Eldredge, 1976
Paralomis spectabilis Hansen, 1908
Paralomis spinosissima Birstein & Vinogradov, 1972 Antarctic stone crab
Paralomis staplesi Ahyong, 2010
Paralomis stella Macpherson, 1988
Paralomis stevensi Ahyong & Dawson, 2006
Paralomis tuberipes Macpherson, 1988
Paralomis verrilli (Benedict, 1895) Verill's crab
Paralomis webberi Ahyong, 2010
Phyllolithodes papillosus Brandt, 1848 Flatspine triangle crab
Placetron wosnessenskii Schalfeew, 1892 Scaled crab
Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii Brandt, 1848 Rhinoceros crab
Sculptolithodes derjugini Makarov, 1934
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