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
Glyphocrangon spinulosa
Faxon, 1893
(Pl. 5F)
Glyphocrangon spinulosa
Faxon, 1893: 202
;
1895: 138
, pl. 38. —
Wicksten 1979c: 220
, fig. 3A; 1989b: 314. —
Wicksten & Hendrickx 2003: 70
.
Diagnosis.
Entire exoskeleton covered by short spines. Rostrum exceeding antennular peduncle, with 5–7 lateral teeth. Eye large and pigmented. Carapace with large antennal, branchiostegal teeth; cervical, lateral, anterior grooves. Teeth on lateral carinae larger than those on rest of carapace. Antennular peduncle short, stout; exceeding scaphocerite. Scaphocerite broad, apex rounded, with small lateral tooth near base. Third maxilliped short, stout, setose, with exopod. Pereopod 1 subchelate, ischium with anteroventral tooth. Pereopod 2 subchelate right pereopod longer than left, both with multi-articulate carpus. Pereopods 3–5 similar, but third dactylus simple, dactyls 4, 5 more flattened. Abdomen with interrupted median dorsal carina along entire length. Abdominal pleura 1 rounded, pleura of somites 2–5 with two ventral teeth each, pleuron of somite 6 with prominent lateral teeth visible from dorsal aspect. Telson longer than uropods. Total length
110 mm
.
Color in life.
Red (
Faxon 1895
).
Habitat and depth.
Sand, mud,
1097–1875 m
.
Range.
Cortez Basin,
California
, U.S.A. to
Costa Rica
.
Type
material was collected at five stations between the
southern Gulf of California
(
Albatross
sta. 3435, 26˚ 48' 0" N, 110˚ 45' 20"W) and off Cape Corrientes,
Colombia
(
Albatross
sta. 3353, 7˚ 6' 15"N, 80˚ 34' 0"W)
.