Glyptolithodes

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Glyptolithodes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Lithodidae
Genus: Glyptolithodes
Faxon, 1895 [1]
Species:
G. cristatipes
Binomial name
Glyptolithodes cristatipes
(Faxon, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Rhinolithodes cristatipes Faxon, 1893 [2]

Glyptolithodes cristatipes, also known as the Peruvian centolla, is a species of king crab, and the only species in the genus Glyptolithodes. [2] The species was briefly placed in the related genus Rhinolithodes after its initial description, but was soon moved to its own genus. [2]

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Distribution

Glyptolithodes cristatipes is found off the Pacific coasts of South America, especially Chile and Peru, and extending as far northwards as Southern California, [2] and as far south as 33° 35' S. [3] [2]

Dimorphism

This species shows notable sexual dimorphism, with the males having a right cheliped which is larger than the left. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Glyptolithodes". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved October 6, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Joel W. Martin, Carlos A. Sanchez & Ricardo Pereyra (1997). "Notes on the distribution of two lithodid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from off the coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico" (PDF). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. 96 (2): 78–86. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
  3. 1 2 José Luis Brito M. (2002). "Lithodidae registrados frente a San Antonio, Chile central (Crustacea, Anomura)" (PDF). Investigaciones Marinas (in Spanish). 30 (1): 57–62.
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