Phyllolithodes Explained

Phyllolithodes is a monospecific genus of king crab in the family Lithodidae. Its only species, Phyllolithodes papillosus (nicknamed the flatspine triangle crab[1]), lives in the intertidal zone and the subtidal zone.[2] It can be found as far north as Unalaska in the Aleutian Islands and as far south as San Miguel Island in Southern California. Phyllolithodes is likely a sister genus of Rhinolithodes.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Stevens. Bradley. January 2002. Checklist of Alaskan crabs. 10.4027/ccwrbme.2002.02.
  2. Crabs and their relatives of British Columbia. Hart. Josephine F.L.. 1984. British Columbia Provincial Museum Handbook. 40. https://web.archive.org/web/20220111200930/https://ibis.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/efauna/documents/CrabsJHart.pdf. 11 January 2022. live. 4 September 2023.
  3. Noever. Christoph. Glenner. Henrik. 2017-07-05. The origin of king crabs: hermit crab ancestry under the magnifying glass. live. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 182. 2. 300–318. 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx033. https://web.archive.org/web/20190716022005/http://macroecointern.dk/pdf-reprints/Noever_ZJLS_2018.pdf. 2019-07-16. the University of Copenhagen.

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