Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Anomura > Superfamily Paguroidea > Family Lithodidae > Subfamily Lithodinae

Lithodes Latreille, 1806

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Lithodes maja (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: イバラガニ属

Literature

original description	Latreille, P. A. (1806). Genera crustaceorum et insectorum secundum ordinem naturalem in familias disposita, iconibus exemplisque plurimis explicata. [The genera of crustaceans and insects arranged in families according to their natural order, explained with icons and numerous examples.]. Amand Koenig, Parisiis et Argentorati (Paris & Strasbourg). 1: xviii + 303 pp., pls. 1-24.
basis of record	Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292
additional source	d'Udekem d'Acoz, C. (1999). Inventory and distribution of the decapod crustaceans from the northeastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the adjacent continental waters north of 25°N. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 40. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Paris. ISBN 2-86515-114-10. X, 383 pp.

Genbank

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Lithodes Latreille, 1806. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106845