Tags: Crustacean.

Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii also called the rhinoceros crab or golf-ball crab is a species of king crab the only species in the genus Rhinolithodes. The species is named after Ilya Gabrilovic Voznesenski. It is found at depths of 6–73 metres (20–240 ft) in the north-east Pacific Ocean from Kodiak Alaska to Crescent City California.R. wosnessenskii grows to 7 centimetres (2.8 in) across the carapace which is triangular and has a deep semicircular depression.

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