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Lithodidae
King Crabs, Stone Crabs
Lithodidae is a family of large, cold-water decapod crustaceans commonly known as king crabs or stone crabs. Members possess a crab-like body form within the otherwise hermit crab-associated infraorder Anomura, representing an independent evolutionary transition to the crab morphology. The family includes commercially important species such as the red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) and encompasses both deep-water and intertidal habitats across cold seas of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.