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Lithodes aequispinus, the golden king crab, also known as the brown king crab, is a king crab species native to the North Pacific. [2] Golden king crabs are primarily found in the Aleutian Islands and waters nearer to Alaska and British Columbia; their range also extends to the Russian far east and Japan, albeit with a less dense population.
Much of this foreign crab is reportedly caught and imported illegally and has led to a steady decline in the price of crab from $3.55 per pound in 2003 to $3.21 in 2004, $2.74 in 2005 and $2.30 in 2007 for Aleutian golden king crab, and $5.15 per pound in 2003 to $4.70 in 2004 to $4.52 in 2005 and $4.24 in 2007 for Bristol Bay red king crab.
Chaceon fenneri, commonly known as the golden crab or golden deepsea crab, is one of several species of crab harvested for food by humans. It was formerly called Geryon fenneri . Like the blue crab , its common name comes from the color of its shell; it is usually cream to tan in color.
The phylogeny of king crabs as hermit crabs who underwent secondary calcification and left their shell has been suspected since the late 1800s. [4] They are believed to have originated during the Early Miocene in shallow North Pacific waters, where most king crab genera – including all Hapalogastrinae – are distributed and where they exhibit a high amount of morphological diversity.
Lithodes longispina is a species of king crab. [1] [2] It has been found in Japan and Taiwan. [1] [2] Before 2010, its reach was thought to be much greater than presently understood, such as Australia, New Zealand, and Guam. [3] It has also allegedly been sighted in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. [4]
Lithodes couesi, also known as the scarlet king crab, [2] is a species of king crab. [3] It is typically found in the northeastern Pacific Ocean , but in 2019, it was found in the Burdwood Bank around the Scotia Arc at a depth of 605 m (1,985 ft).