Family Lithodidae Samouelle 1819 (king crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Lithodidae

Parent taxon: Lithodoidea according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023

See also Feldmann et al. 2006 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxon: Hapalogastridae

Subtaxa: Echidnocerus Lithodes Neolithodes Paralithodes Paralomis Phyllolithodes

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Type: Lithodes

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (2: Califormia, California collections)

• Miocene of Japan (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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