Echidnocerus White 1842 (king crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Lithodidae
Synonym: Lopholithodes Brandt 1848
Parent taxon: Lithodidae according to S. de Grave and S.T. Ahyong 2022
See also Stimpson 1862
Sister taxa: Lithodes, Neolithodes, Paralithodes, Paralomis, Phyllolithodes
Subtaxa: Echidnocerus cibarius Echidnocerus foraminatus
Type: Echidnocerus cibarius
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at San Francisco (Quaternary of California)
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