Lithodes robertsoni is a species of king crab.[2] It has been found in New Zealand at depths between 935–1,259 m (3,068–4,131 ft).[2] It is distributed from as far north as the Challenger Plateau to as far south as the Snares Islands.[2] The largest yet-examined specimen is its male holotype whose carapace measures 128.1 mm (5.04 in) in postrostral length and 117.0 mm (4.61 in) in width.[2][a]
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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. robertsoni
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| Lithodes robertsoni | |
Notes
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edit- ^ Funnell, Greig; et al. (January 2023). Todd, Amanda (ed.). Conservation status of indigenous marine invertebrates in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021 (PDF) (Report). New Zealand Department of Conservation. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-99-118365-1. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f Ahyong, Shane T. (2010). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: King Crabs of New Zealand, Australia, and the Ross Sea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae) (PDF). NIWA Biodiversity Memoirs. Vol. 123. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research. pp. 66–73. ISBN 978-0478232851. LCCN 2010497356. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 February 2020.
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