King crabs

species of king crab

family of crustaceans

species of king crab

Paralithodes is a genus of king crabs native to cold waters in the North Pacific Ocean, Okhotsk Sea, Bering Sea and Sea of Japan, but with one species also introduced to far northern Europe. They are medium-large to very large king crabs, and some species are important to commercial fisheries. A 2017 examination of the phylogeny of king crabs suggests that the internal placement of Paralithodes within this family is not fully resolved.

Lithodes is a genus of king crabs. Today there are about 30 recognized species, but others formerly included in this genus have been moved to Neolithodes and Paralomis. They are found in oceans around the world, ranging from shallow to deep waters, but mostly at depths of . They are restricted to relatively cold waters, meaning that they only occur at high depths at low latitudes, but some species also shallower at high latitudes. They are medium to large crabs, and some species are or were targeted by fisheries.

species of king crab

Neolithodes is a genus of king crabs in the subfamily Lithodinae.

Paralomis is a widely distributed, highly speciose, and morphologically diverse genus of king crabs in the subfamily Lithodinae.

species of king crab

species of king crab

species of king crab

species of king crab

species of king crab

species of king crab

species of king crab

species of king crab

Cryptolithodes is a genus of king crabs, containing the following three species:

Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii, also called the rhinoceros crab, is a species of king crab, the only species in the genus Rhinolithodes. The species is named after Ilya Gavrilovich Voznesenski. It is found at depths of in the north-east Pacific Ocean from Kodiak, Alaska to Crescent City, California.

species of king crab

species of king crab

Oedignathus inermis, commonly known as the granular claw crab, paxillose crab, or tuberculate nestling lithode crab, is a species of king crab in the subfamily Hapalogastrinae. It is found off the Pacific coasts of the United States and Canada, from California to the Chukchi Sea. It is also distributed in the Russian Far East and disjunctly around the coasts of Japan. It is the only species in the genus Oedignathus, from Ancient Greek οἰδάω (oidáō), meaning "to swell", and γνάθος (gnáthos), meaning "jaw".

Placetron wosnessenskii, common name the scaled crab, is a species of king crab found in most waters off North America's west coast. It is the only species in the genus Placetron.

species of king crab

species of king crab

species of king crab

species of king crab

species of king crab

Hapalogaster is a genus of king crabs, containing the following four species:

species of king crab

species of king crab

species of king crab

species of king crab

fisheries for Alaskan king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus)

species of king crab

species of king crab

species of king crab

species of king crab

Glyptolithodes cristatipes, also known as the Peruvian centolla, is a species of king crab, and the only species in the genus Glyptolithodes. The species was briefly placed in the related genus Rhinolithodes after its initial description, but was soon moved to its own genus.

species of king crab

species of king crab

species of king crab

species of king crab

species of king crab

species of king crab

species of king crab