Lithodes jessica

Lithodes jessica is a species of king crab in the genus Lithodes. It is found off the coast of New Zealand on the Lord Howe Rise at depths from.

Description

L. jessica has a pyriform carapace with long, slender spines, and its chelipeds are long and cylindrical. Its colour in life is unknown. Having been measured with at most a carapace length of and a carapace width of, it is small enough to resemble early adults of other species within Lithodes.