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
Lebbeus speciosus
(
Urita, 1942
)
(
Fig. 22C
)
Spirontocaris makarofi speciosa
Urita, 1942: 19
, fig. 4.
Lebbeus possjeticus
Kobyakova, 1967: 235
, fig. 4. —
Wicksten & Méndez 1982: 118
. —
Wicksten 1990b: 592
.
Lebbeus speciosus
. —
Hayashi 1992: 132
, figs. 13, 14.—
Chace 1997: 52
.
Diagnosis.
Rostrum moderately deep, exceeding apex of antennular peduncle, with 5–7 dorsal teeth, 2 on carapace proper, 3 or 4 ventral teeth. First segment of antennular peduncle with 3 or 4 terminal spines, stylocerite reaching second segment. Carapace with strong supraorbital tooth. Pereopods 1–3 with epipods. Pereopods 3–5 slender, with short, spinose dactyls. Merus of pereopod 3, with 4 spines; pereopod 4, with 3 or 4 spines; pereopod 5, with 1 or 2 spines. Pleura of abdominal somites 1–3 rounded, 4, 5 with small points. Telson with 4 or 5 pairs dorsolateral spines. Total length
32 mm
.
Color in life
.
Carapace, abdomen with dark brown bands, telson dark brown, appendages brown, white (
Hayashi 1992
).
Habitat and depth
.
Rocky shores, subtidal areas,
0–57 m
.
Range
.
Hokkaido
, Siberia,
Bering I.
, and off
San Nicolas I
.,
California
.
Type
locality
Sakhalin
.