Glyptolithodes

Glyptolithodes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Anomura
Family:	Lithodidae
Genus:	Glyptolithodes Faxon, 1895[1]
Species:	G. cristatipes
Binomial name
Glyptolithodes cristatipes (Faxon, 1893)
Synonyms
Rhinolithodes cristatipes Faxon, 1893[2]

Glyptolithodes cristatipes, also known as the Peruvian centolla, is a species of king crab, and the only species in the genus Glyptolithodes.[2] The species was briefly placed in the related genus Rhinolithodes after its initial description, but was soon moved to its own genus.[2]

Distribution

G. cristatipes is found off the Pacific coasts of South America, especially Chile and Peru, and extending as far northwards as Southern California,[2] and as far south as 33° 35' S.[3][2]

Dimorphism

This species shows notable sexual dimorphism, with the males having a right cheliped which is larger than the left.[3]

References

1. "Glyptolithodes". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 6, 2010.
2. Joel W. Martin, Carlos A. Sanchez & Ricardo Pereyra (1997). "Notes on the distribution of two lithodid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from off the coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico" (PDF). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. 96 (2): 78–86. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
3. José Luis Brito M. (2002). "Lithodidae registrados frente a San Antonio, Chile central (Crustacea, Anomura)" (PDF). Investigaciones Marinas (in Spanish). 30 (1): 57–62.

External links

• Media related to Glyptolithodes at Wikimedia Commons