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Lithodes maja (Linnaeus, 1758) Norway king crab |
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| Family: | Lithodidae (stone and king crabs), subfamily: Lithodinae | |||
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| Environment: | benthic; marine; depth range 4 - 1000 m | |||
| Distribution: | Arctic and Northern Atlantic: from the border of Virginia and Maryland, north to Spitzbergen and east to Sweden. | |||
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| Biology: | Maximum depth from Ref. 121573. Cold-water species on the outer continental shelf. Lives in sandy and clay bottoms (Ref. 123221). Main food based on genus (Ref. 96496). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251) | |||
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