Lithodes galapagensis

Tags: Crustacean.

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.

class: Malacostraca
family: King crab
genus: Lithodes
kingdom: Animal
order: Decapoda
phylum: Arthropod, Crustacean

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