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 Hymenodora gracilis Smith, 1886 ( Fig. 10J–L ) Hymenodora gracilis Smith, 1886: 680 , pl. 12, fig. 6. — Chace 1940: 175 , text fig. 46; 1986: 43, figs. 21 p–t. — Crosnier & Forest 1973: 83 , fig. 25a. — Butler 1980: 69 . — Hendrickx & Estrada-Navarrete 1989: 115 ; 1996: 119, fig. 73. — Wicksten 2002: 136 . Diagnosis. Similar to H . frontalis except exoskeleton soft, membranous. Rostrum slightly longer than eye, with 4 dorsal, no ventral teeth, apex acute. Carapace with groove running obliquely posteriorly from orbit, with hepatic, branchial branches. Blade, lateral tooth of scaphocerite same length. Telson with 3 pairs anterolateral spines. Total length about 50 mm . Color in life. Bright scarlet to red. Habitat and depth. Pelagic, 300–4730 m , maximum abundance at 1250–2000 m . Range. Oregon to Baja California ; off Chile and sub-Antarctic waters of Pacific Ocean , Gulf of Mexico , Atlantic and Indian oceans. Type localitity off New Jersey to Maryland; 40 ˚ 26' 40" N, 67 ˚ 05' 15" W–37 ˚ 12' 20" N, 69 ˚ 36' 00" W .