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
Chionoecetes angulatus
Rathbun, 1924
(
Fig. 50F
)
Chionoecetes angulatus
Rathbun, 1894: 76
(part). —
Rathbun 1925: 247
, pls. 90, 91. —
Garth 1958: 159
, pl. I, fig. 7; pl. 16, fig. 1.
Chionoecetes tanneri
. —
Rathbun 1894: 76
(part).
Diagnosis.
Rostrum small, teeth wide and inclined upward. Carapace broad, spinulous, pubescent, lateral margins partially concealed by expanded branchial regions; space between branchial regions shallow. Dorsal ridges of branchial region converging in straight lines, meeting in acute angle marked by large spine.
Male
cheliped longer than that of female; palm inflated, fingers narrow, curved. Pereopods 2–5 flattened, meri little dilated; dactyls long and slender.
Male
carapace length 24.6 mm, width 23.3 mm; female 26.4 mm, width 24.8 mm.
Color in life.
Not
reported.
Habitat and depth
.
Green mud, fine black sand;
90–3000 m
but usually on continental slope, depth greater than
200 m
.
Range.
Bering Sea
off
Pribilof Is.
,
Alaska
to northwest of
Cape
Blanco
,
Oregon
.
Type
locality south of
Pribilof Is
.