Lithodes maja: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the lithodes maja lives – recorded in 6 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Lithodes maja
Group	Crabs, lobsters & shrimps
Found in	6 countries
Continents	Europe, North America
Class	Crustacean
Order	Decapoda
Family	Lithodidae

Where does the lithodes maja live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the lithodes maja in 6 countries and territories across Europe and North America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the lithodes maja?

The lithodes maja (Lithodes maja) is a crustacean in the order Decapoda and the family Lithodidae, genus Lithodes. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the lithodes maja

Lithodes maja, also known as the Norway king crab or northern stone crab, is a species of king crab that occurs in colder North Atlantic waters off Europe and North America. It is found along the entire coast of Norway, including Svalbard, ranging south into the North Sea and Kattegat, the northern half of the British Isles (with a few records off southwest England), and around the Faroe Islands, Iceland, and off south-eastern Greenland. In the West Atlantic, it ranges from the Davis Strait between Greenland and Canada south to The Carolinas in the United States.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Lithodes maja (revision 1321557696), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q3232159 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).