Definition of Family lithodidae

1. Noun. Deep-sea crabs of cold waters.

Exact synonyms: Lithodidae
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Brachyura, Suborder Brachyura
Member holonyms: Genus Paralithodes, Paralithodes

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Lithodidae

family Lepidobotryaceae
family Lepidodendraceae
family Lepiotaceae
family Lepismatidae
family Lepisosteidae
family Leporidae
family Leptodactylidae
family Leptotyphlopidae
family Liliaceae
family Limacidae
family Limulidae
family Linaceae
family Liopelmidae
family Liparidae
family Liparididae
family Lithodidae
family Littorinidae
family Loasaceae
family Lobeliaceae
family Lobotidae
family Locustidae
family Loganiaceae
family Lomariopsidaceae
family Lophiidae
family Lophosoriaceae
family Loranthaceae
family Lorisidae
family Loxomataceae
family Lucanidae
family Lutjanidae

Literary usage of Family lithodidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Crustacea: Recent Malacostraca by Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing (1893)
"The single family Lithodidae has the characters of the legion. The members of it are found in the cold and temperate shallow waters of both hemispheres, ..."

2. United States Government Publications Monthly Catalogue by J. H. Hickcox (1894)
"1015. 3pp. Overlaying with copper by the American aborigines. By Descriptions of new genera and species of crabs of the family Lithodidae. By JE Benedict. ..."

3. Dredging and Hydrographic Records of the U.S. Fisheries Steamer "Albatross" by United States Bureau of Fisheries (1901)
"Descriptions of new genera and species of crabs of the family Lithodidae, with notes on the young of Lithodes ..."

4. A List of the Publications of the United States National Museum (1875-1900 by United States National Museum, Randolph Iltyd Geare (1902)
"Descriptions of new genera and species of the family Lithodidae, with notes on the young of Lithodes camtschaticus and Lithodes trempes. ..."

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