Lithodes santolla - Wikipedia Lithodes santolla Lithodes santolla Scientific classification Kingdom : Animalia Phylum : Arthropoda Subphylum : Crustacea Class : Malacostraca Order : Decapoda Family : Lithodidae Genus : Lithodes Species : L. santolla Binomial name Lithodes santolla ( Molina, 1782 ) Synonyms Lithodes antarcticus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1844 Pseudolithodes zenkevitchi Birstein & Vinogradov, 1972 Lithodes santolla, also known as the southern king crab in English or centolla in Peru, Chile and Argentina, is a species of king crab, found off the Pacific coasts of South America, especially from Valdivia at 39 ° 50 ' S to Cape Horn at 60 ° S. It lives in the benthic zone at depths up to 150 metres ( 490 ft ), but south of 40 ° it has been found at 600 m ( 2,000 ft ). The lucrative centolla fishery around Tierra del Fuego led to an incident in August 1967 when the Argentine schooner Cruz del Sur was found fishing 400 metres ( 1,300 ft ) from Gable Island and had to be escorted out of Chilean waters by the Chilean patrol boat Marinero Fuentealba. This event among many other led to the Beagle conflict in the late 1970s. The United States Food and Drug Administration lists the centolla crab and southern king crab as two separate species : Lithodes antarcticus and Lithodes santolla respectively. Other sources consider Lithodes antarcticus to be a synonym of Lithodes santolla. A recent study has found that L. santolla is capable of withstanding long periods of aerial exposure with no detrimental effect on crab survival, opening the possibility of commercializing L. santolla in the attractive live seafood market. References Jump up ^ Vinuesa, J.H., G.A. Lovrich & F. Tapella ( 1999 ). `` New localities for Crustacea Decapoda in the Magellan region, southern South America '' ( PDF ). Scientia Marina. 63 ( suppl. 1 ) : 321 -- 323. doi : 10.3989 / scimar. 1999.63 s1321. CS1 maint : Multiple names : authors list ( link ) Jump up ^ WoRMS ( 2010 ). `` Lithodes santolla ( Molina, 1782 ) ''. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 8, 2011. Jump up ^ Southern king crab ( Lithodes antarcticus ) Toxicity Studies ^ Jump up to : `` Pesquera Melinka en Punta Arenas ofrece Centolla, Centollón y Caracoles ''. Servicios Agrícolas y Agroindustria. Retrieved January 17, 2009. Jump up ^ Patricia Arancibia Clavel & Francisco Bulnes Serrano ( 2004 ). La Escuadra En Acción : 1978 : el conflicto Chile - Argentina visto a través de sus protagonistas ( in Spanish ). Santiago : Maval Ltda. ISBN 956 - 258 - 211 - 6. Jump up ^ `` Seafood List ''. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Retrieved 10 June 2012. Jump up ^ Urbina, M.A., Paschke, K., Gebauer, P., Cumillaf, J.P., Rosas, C. 2013. Physiological responses of the southern king crab, Lithodes santolla ( Decapoda : Lithodidae ), to aerial exposure. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A, 166 ( 4 ), 538 - 545. External links Media related to Lithodes santolla at Wikimedia Commons This Decapoda article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lithodes_santolla&oldid=790539283 '' Categories : King crabs Crustaceans of the eastern Pacific Ocean Western South American coastal fauna Animals described in 1844 Decapoda stubs Hidden categories : CS1 maint : Multiple names : authors list CS1 Spanish - language sources ( es ) Articles with ' species ' microformats Articles containing Spanish - language text All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Español Français Nederlands Português Русский Slovenščina 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 14 July 2017, at 11 : 51. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: where do southern king crab legs come from
Answer: Pacific coasts of South America