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Lithodes rachelae

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Lithodes rachelae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Lithodidae
Genus: Lithodes
Species:
L. rachelae
Binomial name
Lithodes rachelae
Ahyong, 2010[1]

Lithodes rachelae is a species of king crab.[1] It is distributed along the southern coast of Australia at depths of 930–1,500 m (3,050–4,920 ft), from the far southwest to the Great Australian Bight.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Ahyong, Shane T. (2010). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: King Crabs of New Zealand, Australia, and the Ross Sea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae) (PDF). NIWA Biodiversity Memoirs. Vol. 123. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research. pp. 55–60. ISBN 978-0478232851. LCCN 2010497356. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 February 2020.
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