- King
crabs are
decapod crustaceans of the
family Lithodidae that are
chiefly found in deep
waters and are
adapted to cold environments. They are composed...
- that the
Lithodidae (king crabs) nest with the
Hapalogastridae in a
separate superfamily, Lithodoidea. As such, in 2023, the
family Lithodidae was placed...
- Sakai, Tune (2017). "Illustrations of 15
species of
crabs of the
family Lithodidae, two of
which are new to science".
Researches on Crustacea. 4.5: 1–49...
- Macpherson,
Enrique (1990). "Crustacea Decapoda: On some
species of
Lithodidae from the
Western Pacific". Mémoires du Muséum
national d'Histoire naturelle...
-
Inachoididae Maja squinado, a
Majidae Hyas coarctatus, an
Oregoniidae Lithodidae Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff;
Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A...
-
juvenile development of
Lithodes santolla (Molina, 1782) (Decapoda: Anomura:
Lithodidae)
reared at
different temperatures in the laboratory".
Journal of Experimental...
- (1895). "Descriptions of new
genera and
species of
crabs of the
family Lithodidae with
notes on the
young of
Lithodes camtschaticus and
Lithodes brevipes"...
-
Snailfish (Liparidae) Egg M****es in the Gill
Cavities of King
Crabs (
Lithodidae)". Copeia. 104 (3): 645–657. doi:10.1643/CI-15-374. S2CID 89241686. Wang...
- "Lithodes
nintokuae Sakai: A deep-water king crab (Crustacea, Anomura,
Lithodidae)
newly recorded from Hawaii".
Pacific Science. 39 (1): 16–23. v t e...
- and
probably had a
similar ecology. The
example of king
crabs (family
Lithodidae)
evolving from
hermit crabs has been
particularly well studied, and evidence...
