Lithodes aotearoa
| Lithodes aotearoa | |
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| Juvenile above, adult specimen below | |
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. aotearoa
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| Lithodes aotearoa | |
Lithodes aoteoroa is a New Zealand species of king crab in the family, Lithodidae,[1] and was first described in 2010 by Shane T. Ahyong.[1][2] It had formerly been confused with L. longispina and L. murrayi, but neither of those species are found in New Zealand.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Lithodes aotearoa Ahyong, 2010". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ a b c Shane T. Ahyong (2010). "The marine fauna of New Zealand: king crabs of New Zealand, Australia and the Ross Sea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae)" (PDF). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir. 123: 1–194. ISSN 1174-0043. Wikidata Q63247008.
- ^ NIWA (2018). "NIWA Invertebrate Collection: NIWA 34924 Lithodes aoteoroa" – via GBIF.