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
Pylopagurus holmesi
Schmitt, 1921
(
Fig. 41 B
)
Pylopagurus holmesi
Schmitt, 1921: 144
, fig. 94. —
Walton 1954: 141
, pl. 39. —
McLaughlin 1981: 3
. —
McLaughlin & Lemaitre 2001: 459
, figs. 7–9.
Pylopagurus longicarpus
Walton, 1954: 144
, pl. 40. —
McLaughlin 1981: 3
.
Diagnosis.
Rostrum narrow, triangular, acute, reaching beyond middle of ocular scale, much longer than lateral projections of carapace. Eyestalk compressed, of equal length throughout. Chelipeds with scant setae. Major chela with granulate carpus; upper surface of hand discoidal, widest at base of fingers, with raised, denticulate margins; fingers flat, wide. Minor cheliped with hand narrow, rounded, fingers slightly gaping. Pereopods 2, 3 with dactyls slightly longer than propodus, strongly compressed, spinulous. Telson symmetrical, with notch in terminal margin; strong, curving flattened tooth at each end of notch. Anterior blades of uropods 2 twice size of posterior pair, both setose. Carapace length 7.5 mm.
Color in life.
Not
reported.
Habitat and depth.
Usually among sand or sand and shell, rarely among rocks,
18–55 m
.
Range.
San Miguel
I.,
California
to
Pacific
coast of
Baja California
;
Gulf
of
California
from
Lobos Point
to
Inner Gorda Banks.
Type
locality near
Catalina Harbor
,
Santa
Catalina I
.,
California
.
Remarks.
This species usually inhabits shells of
Dentalium
spp.
or tubes formed by the colonial bryozoan
Antropora tincta
(Hastings, 1930)
.