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Lithodes turkayi

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Lithodes turkayi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Lithodidae
Genus: Lithodes
Species:
L. turkayi
Binomial name
Lithodes turkayi
Macpherson, 1988

Lithodes turkayi is a species of king crab.[1] It has been found at depths of 70–581 m (230–1,906 ft) and lives in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile and the southern Atlantic Ocean near the Falkland Islands.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Macpherson, Enrique (June 1988). Revision of the family Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) in the Atlantic Ocean (PDF). Monografías de Zoología Marina. Vol. 2. pp. 68–70. doi:10.1163/9789004627369. ISBN 978-84-00-06807-3. S2CID 127331902. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-11-06 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.