Lithodes ferox, also known as the fierce king crab,[1] is a species of king crab.[2] It has been found on the muddy bottoms of the southeastern Atlantic Ocean at depths from 160–1,013 m (525–3,323 ft).[2] It is distributed between the Gulf of Guinea, the northwesternmost coast of South Africa, and the island of Saint Helena.[2]
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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. ferox
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| Binomial name | |
| Lithodes ferox Filhol, 1885
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References
edit- ^ Muñoz, Isabel; García-Isarch, Eva; Sobrino, Ignacio; Burgos, Candelaria; Funny, Rita; González-Porto, Marcos (December 2011). "Distribution, abundance and assemblages of decapod crustaceans in waters off Guinea-Bissau (north-west Africa)". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 92 (3): 475–494. doi:10.1017/S0025315411001895. S2CID 84600572 – via ResearchGate.
- ^ a b c Macpherson, Enrique (June 1988). Revision of the family Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) in the Atlantic Ocean (PDF). Monografías de Zoología Marina. Vol. 2. pp. 64–58. doi:10.1163/9789004627369. ISBN 978-84-00-06807-3. S2CID 127331902. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-11-06 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
External links
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