Cryptolithodes expansus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Lithodidae
Genus: Cryptolithodes
Species:
C. expansus
Binomial name
Cryptolithodes expansus
Miers, 1879[1]

Cryptolithodes expansus is a species of king crab native to the Korean coast and Japan. They live in the sublittoral zone to a depth of approximately 50–60 metres (160–200 ft).[2] Adults measure approximately 50 mm (2.0 in) wide and 80 mm (3.1 in) long and have a rostrum of about 10 mm (0.39 in).[3]

Habitat

C. expansus can be found in both the western and eastern Pacific Ocean. In the west, it can be found in Japan and along the Korean coast,[2][4] and in the east, it can be found in as far south as British Columbia.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Miers, Edward J. (1897-01-14). "On a Collection of Crustacea made by Capt. H. C. St. John, R.N., in the Corean and Japanese Seas". Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London. Messrs, Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer: 47–48.
  2. 1 2 Kim, Mi Hyang; Hong, Sung Yun (2000). "Larval development of Cryptolithodes expansus Miers (Decapoda: Anomura: Lithodidae) reared in the laboratory". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 113 (1): 54–65 – via ResearchGate.
  3. ↑ Rathbun, Mary J. (1902). "Japanese Stalk-Eyed Crustaceans" (PDF). Proceedings of the United States National Museum. XXVI (1307): 32–33. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 October 2022 – via the Smithsonian Institution.
  4. ↑ Soo Kim, Hoon; Lae Choe, Byung (1976). "A Report on Four Unrecorded Anomuran Species (Crustacea, Decapoda) from Korea" (PDF). Korean Journal of Zoology. 19 (1): 43–49. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 September 2023 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
  5. ↑ Hall, Sally; Thatje, Sven (October 2009). "Global bottlenecks in the distribution of marine Crustacea: temperature constraints in the family Lithodidae" (PDF). Journal of Biogeography. 36 (11): 2125–2135. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02153.x. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 May 2023.
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