''Echidnocerus'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of king crab. It includes ''Echidnocerus foraminatus'' (the

brown box crab The brown box crab (''Echidnocerus foraminatus'') is a king crab that lives from Prince William Sound, Alaska to San Diego, California, at depths of . It reaches a carapace length of and feeds on bivalves and detritus. The box crab gets its nam ...

) and ''Echidnocerus cibarius'', the

Puget Sound king crab The Puget Sound king crab (''Echidnocerus cibarius''), is a species of king crab which inhabits the oceans of the Pacific coast of North America from Alaska to central California. Adults are orange, red and purple in color, while juveniles are e ...

. The genus was long known as ''Lopholithodes'' until it was discovered in 2022 that ''Lopholithodes'' is a junior synonym of ''Echidnocerus''.

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