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
Lophaxius rathbunae
Kensley, 1989
(
Fig. 31C
)
Calocaris investigatoris
. —
Rathbun, 1904: 151
. —
Schmitt 1921: 112
. — Pereyra & Alton 1972: 450. —
Hart 1982: 48
, fig. 10. —
Wicksten 1989b: 312
. [
Not
Calastacus investigatoris
Anderson, 1896: 97
, pl. 2; Indo-West Pacific species, as illustrated by
Schmitt 1921
: fig. 75].
Lophaxius rathbunae
Kensley, 1989: 963
.
Diagnosis.
Rostrum slightly shorter than second segment of antennular peduncle, with sides prolonged into sharp ridges reaching gastric region, bearing 2 teeth each. Carapace granulate, with medial carina ending in tubercle, another tubercle in middle of gastric region on dorsal margin, pronounced cervical, branchial grooves. Eyestalk small, cornea without pigment. Antennular peduncle shorter than antennal peduncle. Second, third segments of antennal peduncle bearing thorn-like projections. Third maxillipeds slender. Major chelipeds unequal in size but similar in shape. Superior, inferior surfaces of merus with sharp teeth. Fingers long, narrow; with proximal gape; 3 rows granules on outer face of palm, palm with small marginal teeth. Pereopod 2 short, chelate. Other pereopods slender, with simple dactyls. Abdominal somites broad, setose, having grooves, knobs; pleura rounded. Telson longer than uropods, with 2 dorsal rows of fine spines. Uropods with dorsal ridges, few teeth on lateral margins. First pleopods uniramous, modified for copulation; others biramous. These crustaceans are hermaphroditic (
Hart 1982
). Total length
60 mm
.
Color in life.
Carapace pale gray to pink, abdomen pinkish orange to light brown, fading to white on sides; appendages pale orange (
Hart 1982
).
Habitat and depth.
Abyssal mud,
549–1733 m
.
Range.
Eastern Pacific
from
Aleutian Is.
to off San Diego,
California
.
Type
localiies from off
Dannakh I.
,
Alaska
(
Albatross
sta. 3210), off
Cascade
Head
,
Oregon
(
Albatross
sta. 3347) and two stations off
San Diego
,
California
(
Albatross
sta. 2928 and 4352)
.
Remarks.
The illustration provided by
Schmitt (1921
, fig. 75) is not this species but a similar species that lives in the Indian Ocean.
Kensley (1989)
did not illustrate the eastern Pacific species when he revised the generic designation.