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Chionoecetes angulatus Rathbun 1924

Description

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.

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 page 218

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Oregoniidae
Genus
Chionoecetes
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Decapoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Rathbun
Species
angulatus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Chionoecetes angulatus Rathbun, 1924 sec. Wicksten, 2012

References

  • Rathbun, M. J. (1894) Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. XXIV. Descriptions of new genera and species of crabs from the west coast of North America and the Sandwich Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 16, 223 - 260.
  • Rathbun, M. J. (1925) The spider crabs of America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 129, 1 - 598.
  • Garth. J. S. (1958) Brachyura of the Pacific coast of America. Oxyrhyncha. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions, 21, 1 - 499.