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 Acanthephyra eximia Smith, 1884 (Pl. 1B) Acanthephyra eximia Smith, 1884: 376 . — Chace 1940: 147 , text fig. 24; 1986: 18, figs. 2j, 4j, 5j, 6h, 9a. — Crosnier & Forest 1973: 34 , fig. 7c. — Baba et al . 1986: 86 , fig. 46. — Hendrickx & Estrada-Navarrete 1989: 114 . — Wicksten 2002: 135 . Diagnosis. Exoskeleton firm. Rostrum as long as scaphocerite, narrow, with 8 dorsal teeth, space between them and apex of rostrum, 4 ventral teeth. Carapace with dorsomedial carina, antennal, branchiostegal teeth. Eyes pigmented. Antennular peduncle short. Scaphocerite with narrow blade exceeding lateral tooth. Third maxilliped, all pereopods with prominent exopods. Pereopods 1, 2 with slender chelae, pereopods 3–5 with simple dactyls, row of spinules along merus. All but abdominal somite 1 with dorsomedial carina, with posterior median tooth on somites 3–6, tooth of somite 3 largest. Telson with faint dorsal carina, 3–5 pairs lateral spines. Carapace length to 41 mm . Color in life. Crimson. Habitat and depth. Pelagic or benthic, 200–4700 m . Range . Indo-West Pacific , southern California , Gulf of Mexico , Caribbean Sea , and Atlantic Ocean. Type locality off Cape Hatteras , North Carolina .