Lithodes nintokuae is a species of king crab.[1] It is found between depths of 450–1,070 m (1,480–3,510 ft) in the central Pacific Ocean on the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain, as far southeast as Hawaii and as far northwest as the Nintoku Seamount.[1][2]
| Lithodes nintokuae | |
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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. nintokuae
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| Binomial name | |
| Lithodes nintokuae Sakai, 1978[1]
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References
edit- ^ a b c Sakai, Tune. "Decapod Crustacea from the Emperor Seamount Chain". Researches on Crustacea. 8 Supplement: 1–39. doi:10.18353/rcustacea.8Suppl.0_1. ISSN 0287-3478.
- ^ Dawson, E.W.; Yaldwyn, John Cameron (1985). "Lithodes nintokuae Sakai: A deep-water king crab (Crustacea, Anomura, Lithodidae) newly recorded from Hawaii". Pacific Science. 39 (1): 16–23.
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