Cryptolithodes
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Species
メンコガニ属
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyLithodidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 10
- Family
- Lithodidae
- Collections
- USNM, CMN, SBMNH, CAS, UMZC
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada, Mexico
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Cryptolithodes is a genus of king crabs, containing the following three species:
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !!Common name!! Distribution |- | 120px ||Cryptolithodes expansus ||||Japan, Korean coast, British Columbia |- | 120px ||Cryptolithodes sitchensis ||Umbrella crab||Northeastern Pacific Ocean |- | 120px ||Cryptolithodes typicus ||Butterfly crab, turtle crab||Northeastern Pacific Ocean |}
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