| Paralithodes rathbuni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Lithodidae |
| Genus: | Paralithodes |
| Species: | P. rathbuni
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| Binomial name | |
| Paralithodes rathbuni (J. E. Benedict, 1895)
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Paralithodes rathbuni, the spiny king crab or California king crab,[2][3] is a species of king crab.[1] It is closely related to P. californiensis, with the same common name California king crab being used for the two and some authorities suggest that they might be conspecific.[3] P. rathbuni is found on sandy, muddy or rocky bottoms at depths of 86–380 m (282–1,247 ft) in the Pacific Ocean off California and Baja California.[3][2]
- ^ a b Sammy De Grave (2021). "Paralithodes rathbuni (Benedict, 1895)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ a b Keller, Aimee A.; et al. (July 2008). The 2005 U.S. West Coast Bottom Trawl Survey of Groundfish Resources off Washington, Oregon, and California: Estimates of Distribution, Abundance, and Length Composition (Report). National Marine Fisheries Service. p. 38. NMFS-NWFSC-93.
- ^ a b c Stevens, B.G., ed. (2014). King Crabs of the World: Biology and Fisheries Management. CRC Press. pp. 23–24. ISBN 9781439855416.