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 Heptacarpus decorus (Rathbun, 1902) ( Fig. 20D ) Spirontocaris decora Rathbun, 1902a: 896 ; 1904: 79 , fig. 33. — Schmitt 1921: 61 , fig. 38. Heptacarpus decorus . — Holthuis 1947: 12 . — Kozloff 1974: 167 . — Word & Charwat 1976 b: 113. — Butler 1980: 214 , pl. 7C. — Standing 1981: 779 . — Wicksten 1990b: 594 . — Chace 1997: 44 . Diagnosis. Rostrum exceeding antennular peduncle, with 4 or 5 dorsal, 4–8 ventral teeth. Second, third segments of antennular peduncle with spine each, stylocerite reaching at most to end of first segment. Third maxilliped with epipod. Pereopods without epipods. Pereopod 1 with particularly stout chela. Pereopods 3–5 slender, with spinose dactyls. Merus of pereopod 3, with 3–5 spines; pereopod 4, with 4 spines; pereopod 5, with 3 or 4 spines. Pleura of abdominal somites 1–4 rounded, 5 with ventral point. Telson with 4–7 pairs dorsolateral spines. Male total length 33 mm , female 60 mm . Color in life. Watery pink, with patterns of small red spots on body, appendages ( Butler 1980 ). Habitat and depth. Benthic, 22–313 m . Range . Gabriola I. , Strait of Georgia, Alaska to San Diego , California . Type locality off Santa Cruz I., California .