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 Lebbeus lagunae ( Schmitt, 1921 ) ( Fig. 22B , Pl.1E) Spirontocaris lagunae Schmitt, 1921: 57 , fig. 35, pl. 12, figs. 10–11. Lebbeus lagunae . — Holthuis 1947: 9 . — Word & Charwat 1976: 141 . — Wicksten 1978a: 2 , figs. 1, 4; 1990b: 592. — Wicksten & Méndez 1982: 117 . — Carvacho & Olson 1984: 60 . — Jensen 1995: 50 . — Chace 1997: 51 . — Kuris et al . 2007: 636 . Diagnosis. Rostrum reduced to spiniform tooth. Second segment of antennular peduncle with large spine, stylocerite reaching end of first segment. Carapace with 3 large teeth on dorsal margin, large supraorbital tooth. Pereopods 1–3 with epipods. Pereopods 3–5 stout, dactyls spinose, merus of each with spine. Pleura of abdominal somites 1–3 in female rounded, 4 pointed, 5 with acute point; in male, somites narrow, all bluntly to acutely pointed. Telson with 3 pairs dorsolateral spines. Females with more deeply inflated carapace, rounded abdominal pleura than males. Total length 20 mm . Color in life. Camouflaged like algae: "kelp color", body light, legs darker, red, black on appendages ( Schmitt 1921 ); mottled with white, rose-red, dark rose-red, tan, brick red ( Wicksten 1978a ), covered with large brown or red blotches (K. Lee, pers. comm.) Habitat and depth. Rocky reefs, tide pools, kelp beds, intertidal zone to 55m . Range. Dark Gulch , Mendocino County , California to south of Punta Banda , Baja California . Type locality Laguna Beach , California . Remarks. Kuris et al . (2007: 651) called this a "southern" species, but it ranges into central California . Most observations of this shrimp were made during night dives.