Paralithodes brevipes (ハナサキガニ, Hanasakigani),[2] also known as the spiny king crab and sometimes the brown king crab,[3] is a species of king crab.[1] It has a limited distribution in cold, shallow waters as far south as the coast of Hokkaido,[4] where male-only fishing has damaged the reproductive success of the species,[5] up to as far north as the southwest Bering Sea.[6]
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^Ryazanova, T.V.; Eliseikina, M.G.; Kukhlevsky, A.D. (September 2021). "First detection of Hematodinium sp. In spiny king crab Paralithodes brevipes, and new geographic areas for the parasite in tanner crab Chionoecetes bairdi, and red king crab Paralithodes camtschaticus". Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 184: 107651. doi:10.1016/j.jip.2021.107651.