Paralithodes

Paralithodes
Temporal range: Early Miocene–Recent
Paralithodes californiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Lithodidae
Subfamily: Lithodinae
Genus: Paralithodes
Brandt, 1848
Type species
Paralithodes brevipes
(H. Milne-Edwards & Lucas, 1841)

Paralithodes is a genus of king crabs native to cold waters in the North Pacific Ocean, Okhotsk Sea, Bering Sea and Sea of Japan,[1] but with one species also introduced to far northern Europe.[2] They are medium-large to very large king crabs, and some species are important to commercial fisheries.[1] A 2017 examination of the phylogeny of king crabs suggests that the internal placement of Paralithodes within this family is not fully resolved.[3]

Species

Paralithodes contains the following species:[4]

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution References
Paralithodes brevipes (H. Milne-Edwards & Lucas, 1841) Brown king crab, hanasakigani, spiny king crab Northwest Pacific, Sea of Okhotsk, Bering Sea [5]
Paralithodes bishuensis Karasawa & Ando in Karasawa, Mizuno, Hachiya & Ando, 2017 † Japan (Early Miocene) [6]
Paralithodes californiensis (Benedict, 1895) California king crab East Pacific off California [7]
Paralithodes camtschaticus (Tilesius, 1815) Red king crab North Pacific, Bering Sea, Okhotsk Sea, Sea of Japan; introduced to oceans off far northern Europe [8]
Paralithodes platypus (Brandt, 1851) Blue king crab North Pacific, Bering Sea, Sea of Okhotsk, Sea of Japan [9]
Paralithodes rathbuni (Benedict, 1895) California king crab, spiny king crab East Pacific off California and Baja California [7][10]

References

  1. ^ a b Stevens 2014, pp. 3–9, 15–16, 23–24.
  2. ^ Stevens 2014, p. 5.
  3. ^ Noever & Glenner 2017, p. 307.
  4. ^ Ahyong, Shane (12 December 2023). "Paralithodes J.F. Brandt, 1848". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
  5. ^ Stevens 2014, pp. 15–16, 82.
  6. ^ Karasawa et al. 2017, pp. 50–52.
  7. ^ a b Stevens 2014, pp. 23–24.
  8. ^ Stevens 2014, pp. 3–5.
  9. ^ Stevens 2014, pp. 9–10.
  10. ^ Keller et al. 2008, p. 38.

Bibliography

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