Lithodes aoteoroa is a New Zealand species of king crab in the family, Lithodidae,[1] and was first described in 2010 by Shane T. Ahyong.[1][2] It had formerly been confused with L. longispina and L. murrayi, but neither of those species are found in New Zealand.[2]
^ abc"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Lithodes aotearoa Ahyong, 2010". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
^ abcShane T. Ahyong (2010). "The marine fauna of New Zealand: king crabs of New Zealand, Australia and the Ross Sea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae)" (PDF). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir. 123: 1–194. ISSN 1174-0043. Wikidata Q63247008.
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species are or were targeted by fisheries. Lithodes contains the following 29 species: Michael Türkay (2010). "Lithodes Latreille, 1806". World Register of Marine...
1893) Lithodes Latreille, 1806 Lithodes aequispinus Benedict, 1895 – golden king crab or brown king crab Lithodes ahyongi Takeda, 2018 Lithodesaotearoa Ahyong...