Neolithodes

Neolithodes is a genus of king crabs in the subfamily Lithodinae.

== Description == Neolithodes has a pyriform carapace which does not cover the bases of its walking legs. Of its three pairs of walking legs, the rearmost are the longest, and all of them have a similar form. At the very front center of the carapace, its rostrum consists of a median spine and a pair of upward-slanted (dorsal) spines. Behind the rostrum sits the elevated gastric region, followed by a deep groove separating it from the triangular cardiac region. The cervical groove behind that is shallow and indistinct. When measuring the carapace's length without including the rostrum, the carapace is always shorter than the walking legs.