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
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Petrolisthes manimaculis
Glassell, 1945
(
Fig. 37D
)
Petrolisthes manimaculis
Glassell, 1945: 223
, text fig. 1. —
Haig 1960: 77
, pl. 27, fig. 1; see this reference for previous misidentifications. —
Haig & Abbott 1980: 587
, fig. 24.16. —
Jensen 1995: 75
, fig. 151. —
Wasson
et al
. 2002: 482
. —
Kuris
et al
. 2007: 648
.
Diagnosis.
Front triangular, with deep median groove. Carapace slightly longer than wide, somewhat granular. Chelipeds finely to roughly granular. Merus with strongly projecting lobe on anterior margin. Carpus 2.5–3 times as long as wide, margins subparallel. Chela naked, fingers long, slender; gape with thick pubescence. Pereopods 2–4 smooth to granular; merus not inflated; all segments covered with scattered tufts of setae. Carapace length to
20 mm
.
Color in life.
Ground color chocolate brown, row of blue dots on median longitudinal ridge of palm of chela, red spot at base of dactyl of chela (
Haig 1960
)..
Habitat and depth.
Among rocks and in piles of rocky rubble, lowest intertidal zone to at least
2 m
.
Range.
Baker Beach and Indian Beach,
Humboldt County
,
California
to
Punta Eugenia
,
Baja California
,
Mexico
.
Type
locality
Morro Bay
,
California
.
Remarks.
This species is common in shallow subtidal rock piles along Santa
Catalina I.
,
California
. It has been confused with
P
.
gracilis
Stimpson, 1860
; which occurs in the Gulf of
California
.