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
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