Lithodes confundens
| Lithodes confundens | |
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| Preserved specimen of Lithodes confundens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Lithodidae |
| Genus: | Lithodes |
| Species: | L. confundens
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| Binomial name | |
| Lithodes confundens Macpherson, 1988
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Lithodes confundens is a species of king crab.[1][2][3] It is found on muddy bottoms off the southern coasts of South America from a depth of 0–283 m (0–928 ft).[1][3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Lovrich, Gustavo A.; Perroni, Mario; Vinuesa, Julio H.; Tapella, Federico; Chizzini, Alejandro; Romero, M. Carolina (October 2002). "Occurrence of Lithodes Confundens (Decapoda: Anomura) in the Intertidal of the Southwestern Atlantic". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 22 (4): 894–902. doi:10.1163/20021975-99990301.
- ^ a b Sotelano, M. Paula; Gowland-Sainz, María F.; Diez, Mariano J.; Lovrich, Gustavo A. (2013). "Distribution of Lithodes confundens Macpherson, 1988 (Decapoda, Anomura) along the Atlantic continental shelf of southern South America". Crustaceana. 86 (2): 246–252. doi:10.1163/15685403-00003163. hdl:11336/26713. S2CID 84600236.
- ^ Lovrich, Gustavo A.; Tapella, Federico (2014). "Southern King Crabs". In Stevens, Bradley G. (ed.). King Crabs of the World (1st ed.). CRC Press. p. 450. doi:10.1201/b16664. ISBN 978-0-429-06317-6.
External links
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