Paralithodes platypus

Paralithodes platypus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Lithodidae
Genus: Paralithodes
Species:
P. platypus
Binomial name
Paralithodes platypus
(Brandt, 1851)[1]
Distribution in the Bering Sea region (not showing population further south off northeast Asia)
Synonyms[1]

Lithodes platypus J.F. Brandt in von Middendorf, 1851

Paralithodes platypus, the blue king crab,[2] is a species of king crab from cold waters in the North Pacific Ocean and adjacent seas.[3] They are generally smaller than red king crabs.[4]

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  3. ^ Vining, Ivan; Blau, S. Forrest; Pengilly, Doug (2001). "Evaluating changes in spatial distribution of blue king crab near St. Matthew Island". In Kruse, Gordon H.; et al. (eds.). Spatial processes and management of marine populations. University of Alaska Sea Grant College Program. pp. 327–348. ISBN 978-1-56612-068-5. Report No. AK-SG-01-2.
  4. ^ Stevens, Bradley G.; Lovrich, Gustavo A. (2014). Stevens, Bradley G. (ed.). King Crabs of the World: Biology and Fisheries Management. CRC Press. pp. 7–9. doi:10.1201/b16664. ISBN 978-1-4398-5542-3.