| Echidnocerus | |
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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: | Echidnocerus White, 1842 |
| Species | |
Echidnocerus is a genusofking crab. It includes Echidnocerus foraminatus (the brown box crab) and Echidnocerus cibarius, the Puget Sound king crab.[1][2][3] The genus was long known as Lopholithodes until it was discovered in 2022 that Lopholithodes is a junior synonym of Echidnocerus.[3]
Echidnocerus contains the following two species:[3]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Echidnocerus cibarius (White, 1842) | Puget Sound king crab | The Pacific Coast of the United States |
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Echidnocerus foraminatus (Stimpson, 1860) | Brown box crab | From Prince William Sound in the Gulf of AlaskatoSan Diego, California |
| Lopholithodes |
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