Echidnocerus foraminatus Stimpson 1862 (king crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Lithodidae

Alternative combination: Lopholithodes foraminatus

Full reference: W. Stimpson. 1862. Notes on North American Crustacea. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 7(1):49-93

Belongs to Echidnocerus according to S. de Grave and S.T. Ahyong 2022

See also Stimpson 1862

Sister taxon: Echidnocerus cibarius

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at San Francisco (Quaternary of California)

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