Family Lithodidae Samouelle 1819 (king crab)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Lithodidae
Parent taxon: Lithodoidea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Feldmann et al. 2006
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Lithodes Neolithodes Paralithodes Paralomis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Ozagahama Cliff (Miocene of Japan)