''Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii'', also called the ''rhinoceros crab'' or ''golf-ball crab'', is a species of king crab, the only species in the genus ''Rhinolithodes''. The species is named after Ilya Gavrilovich Voznesenski. It is found at depths of in the north-east Pacific Ocean from Kodiak, Alaska to

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. ''R. wosnessenskii'' grows to across the

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, which is triangular and has a deep semicircular depression. The

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are covered in spines and long setae. It lives in crevices on rocky or gravel bottoms, and is only rarely encountered.

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King crabs Crustaceans of the eastern Pacific Ocean Monotypic arthropod genera {{decapod-stub