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Published July 4, 2012 | Version v1
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Betaeus harrimani Rathbun 1904

Description

Betaeus harrimani Rathbun, 1904

(Figs. 15A, B, G, K, O–Q)

Betaeus harrimani Rathbun, 1904: 108, fig. 49. — Hart 1964: 435, pl. 1, figs. 1–16, 29–31, 37–39, pl. 1. — Kozloff 1974: 165. — Word & Charwat 1976: 53. — Butler 980: 151. — Chace & Abbott 1980: 571, fig. 23.4 — Wicksten 1984a: 188. — Jensen 1995: 43, fig. 67. — Kuris et al. 2007: 637, pl. 317 B, E, l, M.

Diagnosis. Front of carapace slightly curved, depressed anteriorly. Stylocerite reaching almost to end of second segment of antennular peduncle. Scaphocerite broad, lateral tooth exceeding blade, reaching past middle of last segment of antennular peduncle. Anterior margin of carapace with 2 shallow sinuses. Pereopods 1 with fingers 0.5 times as long as palm, with or without gape. Pereopods 2 slender, with 5 carpal articles; article 1 equal in length to next 3 together. Pereopods 3, 4 slender, somewhat flattened, with thin, curved dactyls. Pereopod 5 similar to 3, 4 but with bands of setae forming brush on distal half of propodus. Pleura of abdominal somites 1–3 rounded, pleura of 4, 5 angled. Telson with 2 pairs spines on dorsal surface, 2 spines at each posteolateral angle, posterior margin deeply curved. Total length 35 mm.

Color in life. Color determined by distribution of blue and red chromatophores: translucent, reddish to purplish, pale green; turning blue at night (Hart 1964).

Habitat and depth. In pools, among oysters, in burrows of Upogebia pugettensis and Neotrypaea californiensis, intertidal zones.

Range. Sitka, Alaska to Newport Harbor, California. Type locality Sitka, Alaska. This is the northernmost alpheid in the eastern Pacific.

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 64-66

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Alpheidae
Genus
Betaeus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Decapoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Rathbun
Species
harrimani
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Betaeus harrimani Rathbun, 1904 sec. Wicksten, 2012

References

  • Rathbun, M. J. (1904) Decapod crustaceans of the northwest coast of North America. Harriman Alaska Expedition, 10, 1 - 219.
  • Hart, J. F. L. (1964) Shrimps of the genus Betaeus on the Pacific coast of North America with descriptions of three new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 115, 431 - 466.
  • 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.
  • Word, J. & Charwat, D. (1976) Invertebrates of Southern California Coastal Waters. II. Natantia. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, El Segundo, California. 238 pp.
  • Chace, F. A. Jr. & Abbott, D. P. (1980) Caridea: the shrimps. In: Morris, R. H., Abbott, D. P. & Haderlie, E. C. (Eds.) Intertidal Invertebrates of California. Stanford University Press, Stanford, California, pp. 567 - 576.
  • Wicksten, M. K. (1984 a) New records of snapping shrimps (family Alpheidae) from California. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 97, 186 - 190.
  • Jensen, G. C. (1995) Pacific Coast Crabs and Shrimps. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California, 87 pp.
  • Kuris, A. M., Sadeghian, P. & Carlton, J. T. (2007) Keys to Decapod Crustacea. In: Carlton, J. T. (Ed.) The Light and Smith Manual: Intertidal Invertebrates Central California to Oregon. University of California Press, Berkeley, 4 th ed., pp. 636 - 656.
  • Glassell, S. A. (1938) New and obscure decapod Crustacea from the West American coast. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History, 8, 411 - 454.