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Pandalus stenolepis Rathbun 1902

Description

Pandalus stenolepis Rathbun, 1902

(Fig. 25J–L)

Pandalus stenolepis Rathbun, 1902a: 901; 1904: 49, fig. 14. — Johnson & Snook 1927: 303, fig. 257c. — Kozloff 1974: 163. — Butler l980: 145, pl. 2C. — Wicksten 1989b: 313. — Jensen 1995: 55, fig. 103.

Diagnosis. Body stout. Rostrum with distal 0.66 ascending sharply, 8–12 dorsal teeth, spines; 5–7 ventral teeth, apex bifid. Carapace with strong antennal, moderate to weak pterygostomian teeth, patch of pubescence on cardiac region. Eyes large, cornea almost spherical. Antennular peduncle short, stylocerite short, round. Scaphocerite narrow, lateral tooth exceeding blade, peduncle short. Third maxilliped moderately stout, antepenultimate segment with slight lamina, epipod present. Pereopods 1–4 with epipods. Pereopod 1 slender, ischium with slight lamina. Pereopod 2 chelate, left leg longer, more slender than right, carpus with about 50 articles; carpus of right leg with l0–13 articles. Pereopod 3 moderately stout, with 0 or l ischial spines, merus with 5–7 spines, carpus with 1 or 2 spines, propodus with l8–22 spinules, dactyl stout, spinose. Pereopod 4 about as stout as third pereopod, with 1 ischial spine, 5–7 meral spines, carpus with l–2 spines, propodus with 14–18 spinules, stout dactyl. Pereopod 5 with 0 or 1 meral spine, merus with 3–5 spines, carpus with 2 spines, propodus with 15–23 spinules, stout dactyl. Abdominal somite 2 with distinct transverse dorsal sulcus, somite 3 with dorsal posterior margin moderately produced. Pleuron of somite 4 with weak ventral point, somite 5 with strong posterolateral point, somite 6 with moderate posteroventral point. Telson moderately wide, tapering to blunt apex, with 4–5 pairs dorsolateral spines. Male total length about 76 mm, female 82 mm.

Color in life. Grayish to whitish, with patches of red on carapace, abdomen, appendages; blue dots on abdominal somites.

Habitat and depth. Muddy bottoms, 49–229 m.

Range. Unalaska I. to Hecata Bank, Oregon. Type locality Strait of Juan de Fuca.

Notes

Published as part of Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, pp. 1-307 in Zootaxa 3371 on pages 103-104

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Pandalidae
Genus
Pandalus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Decapoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Rathbun
Species
stenolepis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Pandalus stenolepis Rathbun, 1902 sec. Wicksten, 2012

References

  • Rathbun, M. J. (1902 a) Descriptions of new decapod crustaceans from the west coast of North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 24, 885 - 905.
  • Rathbun, M. J. (1904) Decapod crustaceans of the northwest coast of North America. Harriman Alaska Expedition, 10, 1 - 219.
  • Johnson, M. E. & Snook, H. J. (1927) Seashore Animals of the Pacific Coast. Dover Publications, New York, reprint 1967, 659 pp.
  • Kozloff, E. N. (1974) Keys to the Marine Invertebrates of Puget Sound, the San Juan Archipelago, and Adjacent Regions. University of Washington Press, Seattle, 226 pp.
  • Wicksten, M. K. (1989 b) Ranges of offshore decapod crustaceans in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History, 21, 291 - 316.
  • Jensen, G. C. (1995) Pacific Coast Crabs and Shrimps. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California, 87 pp.