Lithodes couesi, also known as the scarlet king crab,[2] is a species of king crab.[3] It is typically found in the northeastern Pacific Ocean, but in 2019, it was found in the Burdwood Bank around the Scotia Arc at a depth of 605 m (1,985 ft).[4]
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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: | Lithodes |
| Species: | L. couesi
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| Binomial name | |
| Lithodes couesi Benedict, 1895[1]
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References
edit- ^ Benedict, James Everard (1895). "Descriptions of new genera and species of crabs of the family Lithodidae with notes on the young of Lithodes camtschaticus and Lithodes brevipes". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 17: 479–488 – via the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ Stevens, Bradley G.; Lovrich, Gustavo A. (2014). "King Crabs of the World: Species and Distributions". King Crabs of the World (1st ed.). CRC Press. pp. 13–15. doi:10.1201/b16664. ISBN 978-0-429-06317-6.
- ^ McLaughlin, Patsy A.; Komai, Tomoyuki; Lemaitre, Rafael; Rahayu, Dwi Listyo (2010). "Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea. Part I — Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea and Paguroidea" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement 23: 5–107 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
- ^ Pérez-Barros, Patricia; Albano, Mariano; Diez, Mariano J.; Lovrich, Gustavo A. (2020). "Pole to pole: the deep-sea king crab Lithodes couesi (Decapoda: Lithodidae) in the Burdwood Bank, Southwestern Atlantic Ocean". Polar Biology. 43 (1): 81–86. doi:10.1007/s00300-019-02609-x.
External links
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