Cryptolithodes expansus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Lithodidae
- Genus
- Cryptolithodes
- Species
- Cryptolithodes expansus
- Scientific Name
- Cryptolithodes expansus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Cryptolithodes expansus
Cryptolithodes expansus (Japanese: メンコガニ) is a species of king crab native to the Korean coast and Japan. They live in the sublittoral zone to a depth of approximately 5–66 metres (16–217 ft). Adults measure approximately 50 mm (2.0 in) wide and 80 mm (3.1 in) long and have a rostrum of about 10 mm (0.39 in).
...Cryptolithodes expansus in languages:
- Japanese
- メンコガニ
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