Editing King crab (section)

== Distribution ==
King crabs are typically found in deep waters, especially in [[Polar regions of Earth|polar]] and subpolar regions and near [[hydrothermal vent]]s and [[cold seep]]s.{{sfn|Poore|Ahyong|2023|p=311}} Members of Lithodinae can be found in all five of the world's oceans, namely the [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]],{{sfn|Poore|Ahyong|2023|p=312}} [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]],{{sfn|Poore|Ahyong|2023|p=312}} [[Indian Ocean|Indian]],<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hall |first1=Sally |last2=Thatje |first2=Sven |date=February 2018 |title=Evolution through cold and deep waters: the molecular phylogeny of the Lithodidae (Crustacea: Decapoda) |journal=[[The Science of Nature]] |volume=105 |issue=3–4 |page=19 |doi=10.1007/s00114-018-1544-2 |pmc=5829116 |pmid=29488024 |doi-access=free|bibcode=2018SciNa.105...19H }}</ref> [[Southern Ocean|Southern]],{{sfn|Poore|Ahyong|2023|p=316}} and [[Arctic Ocean|Arctic]],<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Dvoretsky |first1=Alexander G. |last2=Dvoretsky |first2=Vladimir G. |date=September 2013 |title=Population dynamics of the invasive lithodid crab, ''Paralithodes camtschaticus'', in a typical bay of the Barents Sea |journal=[[ICES Journal of Marine Science]] |volume=70 |issue=6 |pages=1255–1262 |doi=10.1093/icesjms/fst037 |doi-access=free}}</ref> while members of Hapalogastrinae are only found in the North Pacific.<ref name="Hall & Thatje 2009"/> Members of Hapalogastrinae exhibit a tolerance for higher temperatures than Lithodinae; whereas Lithodinae tend to live exclusively in deep waters or – less commonly – high-latitude shallow waters, Hapalogastrinae are found only in shallow waters (<{{convert|100|m|ft|abbr=on}}).<ref name="Hall & Thatje 2009"/> At the deepest, members of the Lithodinae genera ''[[Paralomis]]'', ''[[Neolithodes]]'', and ''[[Lithodes]]'' have been found at depths of {{Convert|4152|m|ft|abbr=on}}, {{Convert|3207|m|ft|abbr=on}}, and {{Convert|1821|m|ft|abbr=on}}, respectively.{{sfn|Poore|Ahyong|2023|p=315–316}}