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Lithodes aequispinus, the golden king crab, also known as the brown king crab, is a king crab species native to the North Pacific. Golden king crabs are primarily found in the Aleutian Islands and waters nearer to Alaska and British Columbia; their range also extends to the Russian far east and Japan, albeit with a less dense population. Golden king crabs are the smallest of the three commercially viable Alaskan king crab species with an average...

Marine Life of the Northeast Pacific (MLNEP) notes ³

More even spine distribution then on Lithodes cousei (which has large unequal spines along carapace margin).

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