Lithodes panamensis

Lithodes panamensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Anomura
Family:	Lithodidae
Genus:	Lithodes
Species:	L. panamensis
Binomial name
	Lithodes panamensis; Faxon, 1893

Last updated September 21, 2025

Lithodes panamensis is a species of king crab.^[1] It is distributed along the Pacific coast of South America from Panama to northern Chile.^[2]

References

1 2 Faxon, Walter. "Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross", during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. VI. Preliminary descriptions of new species of Crustacea". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 24 (7): 149–220 – via WoRMS.
↑ Arguelles, J.; Larriviere, P.; Thatje, S.; Pérez, M. (2020). "King Crabs of Peruvian Waters During 2003–2004: New Insights". In Hendrickx, Michel E. (ed.). Deep-Sea Pycnogonids and Crustaceans of the Americas (1st ed.). Springer. pp. 375–394. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-58410-8. ISBN 978-3-030-58409-2.

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[Faxon_1893-1] 1 2 Faxon, Walter. "Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross", during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. VI. Preliminary descriptions of new species of Crustacea". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 24 (7): 149–220 – via WoRMS.

[Arguelles_et_al._2020-2] Arguelles, J.; Larriviere, P.; Thatje, S.; Pérez, M. (2020). "King Crabs of Peruvian Waters During 2003–2004: New Insights". In Hendrickx, Michel E. (ed.). Deep-Sea Pycnogonids and Crustaceans of the Americas (1st ed.). Springer. pp. 375–394. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-58410-8. ISBN 978-3-030-58409-2.

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