Cryptolithodes

{{Short description|Genus of king crabs}}

{{Distinguish|Cryptolithus}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Cryptolithodes_typicus_2.jpg

| image_caption = Cryptolithodes typicus

| taxon = Cryptolithodes

| authority = Brandt, 1848{{cite journal|last=von Brandt|first=Johann Friedrich|author-link=Johann Friedrich von Brandt|year=1848|title=Die Gattung Lithodes Latreille nebst vier neuer ihr ver wandten von Wosnessenski entdeckten, als Typen einer besondern Unter abtheilung (Tribus Lithodea) der Edward'shen Anomuren|language=de|journal=Bulletin de la Classe physico-mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint Pétersbourg|volume=7|issue=11|pages=171–176}}

| type_species = Cryptolithodes typicus

| type_species_authority = Brandt, 1848

}}

Cryptolithodes is a genus of king crabs, containing the following three species:

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Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
120px	Cryptolithodes expansus {{small|Miers, 1879}}	{{lang|ja|メンコガニ}}	Japan, Korean coast, British Columbia
120px	Cryptolithodes sitchensis {{small|Brandt, 1853}}	Umbrella crab	Northeastern Pacific Ocean
120px	Cryptolithodes typicus {{small|Brandt, 1848}}	Butterfly crab, turtle crab	Northeastern Pacific Ocean