Biology:Phyllolithodes
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Lithodidae |
| Genus: | Phyllolithodes |
| Species: | P. papillosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllolithodes papillosus Brandt, 1848
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Phyllolithodes is a monospecific genus of king crab in the family Lithodidae. Its only species, Phyllolithodes papillosus (nicknamed the flatspine triangle crab[1]), lives in the intertidal zone and the subtidal zone.[2] It can be found as far north as Unalaska in the Aleutian Islands and as far south as San Miguel Island in Southern California.[2]
References
- ↑ Stevens, Bradley (January 2002). "Checklist of Alaskan crabs". doi:10.4027/ccwrbme.2002.02.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hart, Josephine F.L. (1984). "Crabs and their relatives of British Columbia". British Columbia Provincial Museum Handbook (40). https://ibis.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/efauna/documents/CrabsJHart.pdf. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
External links
Wikidata ☰ {{{from}}} entry
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