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
Calastacus stilirostris
Faxon, 1893
(
Fig. 31F
)
Calastacus stilirostris
Faxon, 1893: 194
;
1895: 106
, pl. 27, figs. 1–
1f.
— de
Saint Laurent 1972b: 354
. —
Hart 1982: 46
, fig. 9. —
Kensley 1989: 961
. —
Wicksten 1989b: 312
. —
Hendrickx 1995b: 157
.
Diagnosis.
Rostrum long, narrow; reaching second segment of antennular peduncle, with stout teeth at base. Carapace with prominent cervical groove, narrow anterior dorsal ridge. Eyestalk short, cornea without pigment. Antennular peduncle narrow. Antennal peduncle with long, narrow, thorn-like projections on second and third segments. Flagella of both antennae long, setose. Third maxilliped not as long as merus of major chela, with teeth on widest segment. Pereopod 1 with chelipeds subequal, fingers without gape, apices crossing. Palm of chela with prominent dorsal teeth, merus with sharp teeth on both dorsal, ventral sides. Pereopod 2 chelate, posterior pereopods slender, with simple dactyls. Abdomen slender, pleura blunt or rounded. Telson subequal in length to uropods, with 2 unarmed dorsal ridges. Uropods with unarmed ridges, outer margins with teeth. First pleopods modified for copulation, uniramous, others biramous. These crustaceans are hermaphroditic (
Hart 1982
). Total length
52 mm
.
Color in life.
Not
reported.
Habitat and depth.
Brown sand or rock,
700–1208 m
.
Range.
Southwestern British Columbia
to
Peru
.
Type
locality southeast of
Acapulco
, western
Mexico
(
Albatross
sta. 3418, 16˚ 33' N, 99˚ 52' 30"W)
.
Remarks.
At present, there are no records of this species between
Washington
and northern
Baja California
.