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
Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii
Brandt, 1848
(
Fig. 39K
)
Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii
Brandt, 1848: 174
. —
Schmitt 1921: 158
, pl. 22, fig. 1, fig. 103. —
Makarov 1962: 260
, fig. 104. —
Hart 1982: 74
, fig. 21. —
Dawson 1989: 319
. —
Jensen 1995: 72
, fig. 141.
Diagnosis.
Carapace tuberculate, somewhat triangular, with deep semicircular fossa separating cardiac region from other parts of carapace. Rostrum blunt at base, tapering abruptly to median spine. Chelipeds unequal, armed with short spines. Pereopods 2–4 also with short spines. Abdomen with small tubercles. Carapace length to
59 mm
.
Color in life.
Mostly yellowish to grayish brown, markings of orange, cream in carapace depression; see
Hart (1982)
for a detailed color description.
Habitat and depth.
Rock or gravel bottoms, often in crevices,
6–73 m
.
Range.
Kodiak,
Alaska
to Crescent City,
California
.
Type
localities
Sitka
and
Kodiak
,
Alaska
.