Lithodes longispina is a species of king crab.[1][2] It has been found in Japan and Taiwan.[1][2] Before 2010, its reach was thought to be much greater than presently understood, such as Australia, New Zealand, and Guam.[3] It has also allegedly been sighted in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.[4]
Lithodes longispina | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Anomura |
Family: | Lithodidae |
Genus: | Lithodes |
Species: |
L. longispina
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Binomial name | |
Lithodes longispina Sakai, 1971[1] |
It closely resembles L. megacantha, L. formosae, and L. paulayi.[5][6]
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