Paralithodes brevipes (ハナサキガニ, Hanasakigani)[2] is a species of king crab.[1] It has a limited distribution in cold, shallow waters as far south as the coast of Hokkaido,[3] where male-only fishing has damaged the reproductive success of the species,[4] up to as far north as the southwest Bering Sea.[5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Lithodidae |
| Genus: | Paralithodes |
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P. brevipes
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They are known to be parasitized by Hematodinium.[6]
Male P. brevipes guard females prior to copulation, spending less time doing so when females are more numerous.[7] The reproductive success of the species is heavily sensitive to the ratio of male to female crabs.[7][4] Because sperm recovery in P. brevipes occurs at a slow rate, males allocate sperm dependent on the size of the female.[8]
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