| Red king crab | |
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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. camtschaticus
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| Binomial name | |
| Paralithodes camtschaticus | |
The red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus), also called Kamchatka crab or Alaskan king crab, is a species of king crab native to cold waters in the North Pacific Ocean and adjacent seas, but also introduced to the Barents Sea. It grows to a leg span of 1.8 m (5.9 ft), and is heavily targeted by fisheries.
- ^ Jørgensen, Lis Lindal. "Invasive Alien Species Fact Sheet – Paralithodes camtschaticus" (PDF). NOBANIS.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2013.