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Petrolisthes manimaculis Glassell 1945

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Petrolisthes manimaculis Glassell, 1945

(Fig. 37D)

Petrolisthes manimaculis Glassell, 1945: 223, text fig. 1. — Haig 1960: 77, pl. 27, fig. 1; see this reference for previous misidentifications. — Haig & Abbott 1980: 587, fig. 24.16. — Jensen 1995: 75, fig. 151. — Wasson et al. 2002: 482. — Kuris et al. 2007: 648.

Diagnosis. Front triangular, with deep median groove. Carapace slightly longer than wide, somewhat granular. Chelipeds finely to roughly granular. Merus with strongly projecting lobe on anterior margin. Carpus 2.5–3 times as long as wide, margins subparallel. Chela naked, fingers long, slender; gape with thick pubescence. Pereopods 2–4 smooth to granular; merus not inflated; all segments covered with scattered tufts of setae. Carapace length to 20 mm.

Color in life. Ground color chocolate brown, row of blue dots on median longitudinal ridge of palm of chela, red spot at base of dactyl of chela (Haig 1960)..

Habitat and depth. Among rocks and in piles of rocky rubble, lowest intertidal zone to at least 2 m.

Range. Baker Beach and Indian Beach, Humboldt County, California to Punta Eugenia, Baja California, Mexico. Type locality Morro Bay, California.

Remarks. This species is common in shallow subtidal rock piles along Santa Catalina I., California. It has been confused with P. gracilis Stimpson, 1860; which occurs in the Gulf of California.

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 159

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Glassell
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Decapoda
Family
Porcellanidae
Genus
Petrolisthes
Species
manimaculis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Petrolisthes manimaculis Glassell, 1945 sec. Wicksten, 2012

References

  • Glassell, S. A. (1945) Four new species of North American crabs of the genus Petrolisthe s. Journal of the Washington Academy of Science, 35, 223 - 229.
  • Haig, J. (1960) The Porcellanidae (Crustacea Anomura) of the eastern Pacific. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions, 24, 1 - 440.
  • Haig, J. & Abbott, D. (1980) Macrura and Anomura: the ghost shrimps, hermit crabs, and allies. In: Morris, R., Abbott, D. & E. Haderlie, E. (Eds.) Intertidal Invertebrates of California. Stanford University Press, Stanford, California, pp. 577 - 593.
  • Jensen, G. C. (1995) Pacific Coast Crabs and Shrimps. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California, 87 pp.
  • Wasson, K., Lyon, B., & Knope, M. (2002) Hair-trigger autotomy in porcelain crabs is a highly effective escape strategy. Behavioral Ecology, 13, 481 - 486.
  • 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.