Glyptolithodes
Glyptolithodes cristatipes, also known as the Peruvian centolla, is a species of king crab, and the only species in the genus Glyptolithodes. The species was briefly placed in the related genus Rhinolithodes after its initial description, but was soon moved to its own genus.
| Glyptolithodes | |
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| Glyptolithodes cristatipes specimen | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Lithodidae |
| Genus: | Glyptolithodes Faxon, 1895 |
| Species | |
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Glyptolithodes cristatipes Faxon, 1893 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Rhinolithodes cristatipes Faxon, 1893 | |
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