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Asset Overview
This is one of NZ’s largest crabs and the leg span can be 1 metre or more across. King crabs belong to the Family Lithodidae or stone crabs, and a recent study of this group has shown that the New Zealand marine region is a hotspot for lithodid diversity.
*Lithodes* sp.
**Category:** Invertebrate
**Phylum:** Arthropoda
**Class:** Malacostraca
**Family: ** Lithodidae
More information on the [Niwa](https://www.niwa.co.nz/node/110347) website.
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