| Lithodes galapagensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Family: | Lithodidae |
| Genus: | Lithodes |
| Species: | L. galapagensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Lithodes galapagensis Hall & Thatje, 2009 [1] |
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Lithodes galapagensis is a species of king crab identified in 2009 which lives around the Galapagos Islands, in warm water. King crabs had once been thought to be confined to cold waters.[2]