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Cryptolithodes
| Cryptolithodes | |
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| Cryptolithodes typicus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Lithodidae |
| Subfamily: | Lithodinae |
| Genus: | Cryptolithodes Brandt, 1848[1] |
| Type species | |
| Cryptolithodes typicus Brandt, 1848
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Cryptolithodes is a genus of king crabs, containing the following three species:
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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Cryptolithodes expansus Miers, 1879 | メンコガニ | Japan, Korean coast, British Columbia |
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Cryptolithodes sitchensis Brandt, 1853 | Umbrella crab | Northeastern Pacific Ocean |
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Cryptolithodes typicus Brandt, 1848 | Butterfly crab, turtle crab | Northeastern Pacific Ocean |
- ^ von Brandt, Johann Friedrich (1848). "Die Gattung Lithodes Latreille nebst vier neuer ihr ver wandten von Wosnessenski entdeckten, als Typen einer besondern Unter abtheilung (Tribus Lithodea) der Edward'shen Anomuren". Bulletin de la Classe physico-mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint Pétersbourg (in German). 7 (11): 171–176.
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