| Lithodes santolla | |
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| Recently dead individual at Puerto Natales, Chile | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Lithodidae |
| Genus: | Lithodes |
| Species: | L. santolla
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| Binomial name | |
| Lithodes santolla (Molina, 1782)
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| Synonyms [1][2] | |
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Lithodes santolla, also known as the southern king crab, Chilean king crab or centolla, is a species of king crab, found off southern South America including the offshore Falkland Islands.[3] On the Pacific side, it is found in Chile from Talcahuano to Cape Horn.[3][4] On the Atlantic side, it is found off Argentina and Uruguay.[3] It lives in the benthic zone at depths of 0–700 m (0–2,300 ft),[3] with Uruguayan records being exclusively from great depths.[5] In Chile, it mostly lives at depths to 150 m (490 ft), but south of 40° S it can be found to 600 m (2,000 ft).[4] It is a large crab that can reach up to 19 cm (7.5 in) in carapace length, and it is the target of commercial fishing.[3]
- ^ Vinuesa, J. H.; G. A. Lovrich & F. Tapella (1999). "New localities for Crustacea Decapoda in the Magellan region, southern South America" (PDF). Scientia Marina. 63 (suppl. 1): 321–323. doi:10.3989/scimar.1999.63s1321.
- ^ WoRMS (2019). "Lithodes santolla (Molina, 1782)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e Palomares ML, Pauly D, eds. (2023). "Lithodes santolla" in SeaLifeBase. July 2023 version.
- ^ a b "Pesquera Melinka en Punta Arenas ofrece Centolla, Centollón y Caracoles". Servicios Agrícolas y Agroindustria. Retrieved January 17, 2009.
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