Tags: Crustacean.

The blue king crab Paralithodes platypus is a species of king crab which lives near St. Matthew Island the Pribilof Islands and the Diomede Islands Alaska with further populations along the coasts of Japan and Russia. Blue king crabs from the Pribilof Islands are the largest of all the king crabs sometimes exceeding 18 pounds (8.2 kg) in weight.

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binomial authority
Johann Friedrich von Brandt
class
Malacostraca
family
King crab
genus
Paralithodes
kingdom
Animal
order
Decapoda, Anomura
phylum
Arthropod, Crustacean

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