Lithodes galapagensis

Lithodes galapagensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Lithodidae
Genus: Lithodes
Species: L. galapagensis
Binomial name
Lithodes galapagensis
Hall & Thatje, 2009 [1]

Lithodes galapagensis is a species of king crab identified in 2009 which lives around the Galapagos Islands, in warm water. King crabs had once been thought to be confined to cold waters.[2]

Sources


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, June 13, 2012. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.