original description
Brandt, J.F. (1848). Die Gattung <i>Lithodes</i> Latreille nebst vier neuer ihr ver wandten von Wosnessenski entdeckten, als Typen einer besondern Unter abtheilung (Tribus Lithodea) der Edward'shen Anomuren. <em>Bulletin de la Classe physico-mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint Pétersbourg.</em> 7(11): 171-176. [details]
additional source
McLaughlin, P. A., Komai, T., Lemaitre, R. & Rahayu, D.L. (2010). Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea. Part I — Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea and Paguroidea. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> Supplement 23: 5–107. [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy
De Grave, S.; Ahyong, S. T. (2022). <i>Echidnocerus</i> White, 1842, an overlooked senior synonym of <i>Lopholithodes</i> Brandt, 1848 (Decapoda, Lithodidae). <em>Crustaceana.</em> 95(7): 861–865., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-bja10223 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database