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Cryptolithodes expansus
| Cryptolithodes expansus | |
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| Outline of C. expansus by Rathbun | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Lithodidae |
| Genus: | Cryptolithodes |
| Species: | C. expansus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cryptolithodes expansus | |
Cryptolithodes expansus (Japanese: メンコガニ)[2] is a species of king crab native to the Korean coast and Japan. They live in the sublittoral zone to a depth of approximately 5–66 metres (16–217 ft).[2][3] Adults measure approximately 50 mm (2.0 in) wide and 80 mm (3.1 in) long and have a rostrum of about 10 mm (0.39 in).[4]
- ^ Miers, Edward J. (1897-01-14). "On a Collection of Crustacea made by Capt. H. C. St. John, R.N., in the Corean and Japanese Seas". Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London. Messrs, Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer: 47–48.
- ^ a b Ohtsuchi, Naoya; Kanki, Takayuku; Kawamura, Tomohiko (26 April 2024). "メンコガニ（甲殻亜門，十脚目，異尾下目，タラバガニ科）の分布域の再検討と 大槌湾から得られた脱皮直後の個体の記録" [Review on the distribution ranges of Cryptolithodes expansus (Miers, 1879) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Lithodidae) with notes on a specimen shortly after moulting found at Otsuchi Bay, Northeastern Japan] (PDF). Bulletin of the Otsuchi Coastal Research Center. 39: 1–8. doi:10.15083/0002009917. Retrieved 30 November 2024 – via the University of Tokyo.
- ^ Kim, Mi Hyang; Hong, Sung Yun (2000). "Larval development of Cryptolithodes expansus Miers (Decapoda: Anomura: Lithodidae) reared in the laboratory". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 113 (1): 54–65 – via ResearchGate.
- ^ Rathbun, Mary J. (1902). "Japanese Stalk-Eyed Crustaceans" (PDF). Proceedings of the United States National Museum. XXVI (1307): 32–33. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 October 2022 – via the Smithsonian Institution.
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