Lithodes galapagensis

Lithodes galapagensis is a species of king crab described in 2009 that lives around the Galapagos Islands, where known from depths of 648 and 740 m. The two specimens upon which it was described (the holotype male and a paratype female) had a carapace length of 11.4 and 8.4 cm, and the species quite resembles L. wiracocha from Peru.