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.