Lithodes megacantha: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Lithodidae
- Genus
- Lithodes
- Species
- Lithodes megacantha
- Scientific Name
- Lithodes megacantha
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Lithodes megacantha
Lithodes megacantha is a species of king crab in the genus Lithodes. They are bright red and have been found in French Polynesia at depths of around 1,000 m (3,300 ft).
It closely resembles Lithodes longispina.
...Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Lithodes aequispinus
- Lithodes ahyongi
- Lithodes aotearoa
- Lithodes australiensis
- Lithodes ceramensis
- Lithodes chaddertoni
- Lithodes confundens
- Lithodes couesi
- Lithodes ferox
- Lithodes formosae
- Lithodes galapagensis
- Lithodes jessica
- Lithodes longispina
- Lithodes macquariae
- Lithodes maja
- Lithodes mamillifer
- Lithodes manningi
- Lithodes megacantha
- Lithodes murrayi
- Lithodes nintokuae
- Lithodes panamensis
- Lithodes paulayi
- Lithodes rachelae
- Lithodes richeri
- Lithodes robertsoni
- Lithodes santolla
- Lithodes turkayi
- Lithodes turritus
- Lithodes unicornis
- Lithodes wiracocha