| Lithodidae (stone and king crabs), subfamily: Lithodinae |
| 22 cm CL (male/unsexed) |
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benthic; marine; depth range 0 - 461 m |
| Northern Pacific and the Arctic: from South Korea to Kamchatka Krai, Russia, and Norton Sound, Alaska to Great Bay, Vancouver Island. Introduced in Arctic Russia and Norway in the Barents Sea between water temperatures between 1.0 °C and 13.5 °C (Ref. 121575). Temperate to polar. |
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| Has two migrations, mating-molting and feeding migration (Ref. 78813). This is the most valuable commercial crab on the Pacific coast of North America (Ref. 865). Maximum depth from Ref. 121573. |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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