Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371
Author
Wicksten, Mary K.
text
Zootaxa
2012
2012-07-04
3371
1
307
journal article
11755334
Petrolisthes cabrilloi
Glassell, 1945
(
Fig. 37A
, Pl. 8B)
Petrolisthes cabrilloa
Glassell, 1945: 225
, fig. 4. —
Kropp 1981: 307
.
Petrolisthes cabrilloi
. —
Haig 1960: 88
, pl. 26, fig. 3. —
Haig
et al
. 1970: 26
. —
Haig & Abbott 1980: 588
, fig. 24.17. —
Jensen 1995: 76
, fig. 153. —
Kuris
et al
. 2007: 648
. —
Sloan
et al
. 2010: 159
.
Diagnosis.
Front triangular, with deep median sulcus. Carapace about as long as broad, usually covered with plications, fine granules; but sometimes nearly smooth. Chelipeds finely granular. Merus with strongly projecting lobe on anterior margin. Carpus setose, about twice as long as wide, with small lobe occupying about 0.25 of proximal end, granules along outer margin enlarged, forming crest ending distally in sharp tooth. Chela smooth to lightly pubescent, gape with thick pubescence. Pereopods 2–4 rugose, merus of pereopod 3 unarmed, not inflated; all segments with tufts of setae. Carapace length to
16 mm
.
Color in life.
Carapace brown to tan, with striations, numerous spots of pale greenish white. Chelipeds brown, chela may have greenish tinge, red spot at base of dactyl. Pereopods 2–4 dull brown, with bands of tan, darker brown on propodus. Outer segments of maxillipeds red (
Haig 1960
).
Habitat and depth.
Among rubble, on pilings or among mussels, intertidal zone.
Range. Morro Bay
,
California
to
Magdalena Bay
,
Baja California
,
Mexico
, including
Santa Cruz
and
Santa
Catalina Is.
, California.
Type
locality Anaheim Landing, California
.
Remarks.
This porcelain crab seems to replace
P
.
cinctipes
south of Point Conception,
California
. It is extremely common. As many as 22 individuals were found under a single rock with area of about 0.9 m
2
among rocky rubble near Point Fermin, Los
Angeles
County,
California
.
Sloan
et al
. (2010)
reported that it is parasitized by the rhizocephalan
Lernaeodiscus porcellanae
. They also noted that the sizes of the largest individuals in a population varied geographically even among sites separated by only a few kilometers, perhaps in response to food.