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
Betaeus harrimani
Rathbun, 1904
(
Figs. 15A, B, G, K, O–Q
)
Betaeus harrimani
Rathbun, 1904: 108
, fig. 49. —
Hart 1964: 435
, pl. 1, figs. 1–16, 29–31, 37–39, pl. 1. —
Kozloff 1974: 165
. —
Word & Charwat 1976: 53
. — Butler 980: 151. —
Chace & Abbott 1980: 571
, fig. 23.4 —
Wicksten 1984a: 188
. —
Jensen 1995: 43
, fig. 67. —
Kuris
et al.
2007: 637
, pl. 317 B, E, l, M.
Diagnosis.
Front of carapace slightly curved, depressed anteriorly. Stylocerite reaching almost to end of second segment of antennular peduncle. Scaphocerite broad, lateral tooth exceeding blade, reaching past middle of last segment of antennular peduncle. Anterior margin of carapace with 2 shallow sinuses. Pereopods 1 with fingers 0.5 times as long as palm, with or without gape. Pereopods 2 slender, with 5 carpal articles; article 1 equal in length to next 3 together. Pereopods 3, 4 slender, somewhat flattened, with thin, curved dactyls. Pereopod 5 similar to 3, 4 but with bands of setae forming brush on distal half of propodus. Pleura of abdominal somites 1–3 rounded, pleura of 4, 5 angled. Telson with 2 pairs spines on dorsal surface, 2 spines at each posteolateral angle, posterior margin deeply curved. Total length
35 mm
.
Color in life.
Color determined by distribution of blue and red chromatophores: translucent, reddish to purplish, pale green; turning blue at night (
Hart 1964
).
FIGURE 15.
Family
Alpheidae
. A, B, G, K, O, P, Q.
Betaeus harrimani
Rathbun, 1904
; A, frontal region in dorsal view; B, scaphocerite; G, tail fan; K, right cheliped of male; O, pereopod 3; P, left chela of female; Q, right chela of female. C, D, H, J, L, R
Betaeus longidactylus
Lockington, 1877
; C, frontal region in dorsal view; D, scaphocerite; H, tail fan; J, left chela of male; L, left cheliped of female; R, right chela of female. E, F, I, M, N.
Betaeus ensenadaensis
Glassell, 1938
; E, frontal region in dorsal view; F, scaphocerite; I, tail fan; M, right cheliped of mature male; N, right chela of female or immature male. Scale =1 mm. From
Hart 1964
.
Habitat and depth.
In pools, among oysters, in burrows of
Upogebia pugettensis
and
Neotrypaea californiensis
, intertidal zones.
Range.
Sitka
,
Alaska
to
Newport
Harbor
,
California
.
Type
locality Sitka,
Alaska
. This is the northernmost alpheid in the
eastern Pacific
.