Cryptolithodes expansus

Cryptolithodes expansus
Outline of C. expansus by Rathbun
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Lithodidae
Genus: Cryptolithodes
Species:
C. expansus
Binomial name
Cryptolithodes expansus
Miers, 1879

Cryptolithodes expansus (Japanese: メンコガニ) 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). 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).

Distribution and habitat

Cryptolithodes expansus can be found in both the western and eastern Pacific Ocean. In the west, it can be found along the Japanese and Korean coasts, and in the east, it can be found as far south as British Columbia. In Japan, it is distributed from Rishiri Island to Nanao Bay on the Sea of Japan coast and from Yūbetsu to Iwaki on the Pacific coast.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 1 2 3 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.
  3. 1 2 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.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Soo Kim, Hoon; Lae Choe, Byung (1976). "A Report on Four Unrecorded Anomuran Species (Crustacea, Decapoda) from Korea" (PDF). Korean Journal of Zoology. 19 (1): 43–49. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 September 2023 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
  6. ↑ Hall, Sally; Thatje, Sven (October 2009). "Global bottlenecks in the distribution of marine Crustacea: temperature constraints in the family Lithodidae" (PDF). Journal of Biogeography. 36 (11): 2125–2135. Bibcode:2009JBiog..36.2125H. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02153.x. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 May 2023.