Acantholithodes hispidus
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Dermaturus hispidus Stimpson, 1860: 242. — Bouvier 1895: 174, pl. 11, figs. 3, 16; pl. 12, figs. 2, 16, 31.
Acantholithodes hispidus. — Holmes 1895: 575; 1900: 120. — Schmitt 1921: 152, pl. 19, fig. 2; fig. 98. — Hart 1982: 70, fig. 19. — Wicksten 1982: 246. — Dawson 1989: 319. — Jensen 1995: 69, fig. 132.
Diagnosis. Rostrum prominent, ending in strong spines. Carapace flattened, with numerous short setose spines; broadly pear-shaped, widest just past midlength; branchial regions with slight depressed area, sharp narrow cleft between cardiac, gastric regions. Abdomen short, broad, soft. Chelipeds, pereopods 2–4 armed with numerous spines. Carapace length to 62 mm.
Color in life. Body yellowish to tan, spines darker, sometimes with faint bands of red on legs; hands of chelipeds with tinge of red, fingers bright red with white teeth, black apices (Hart 1982).
Habitat and depth. Usually on vertical rock walls, zone to 165 m but usually subtidal in southern parts of its range.
Range. Off Moorovskoy Bay, Alaska to San Nicolas I., California. Type locality Monterey Bay, California.
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Stimpson
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Lithodidae
- Genus
- Acantholithodes
- Species
- hispidus
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- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Acantholithodes hispidus (Stimpson, 1860) sec. Wicksten, 2012
References
- Bouvier, E. - L. (1895) Sur une collection de Crustaces Decapodes recueillis en Basse-Californie par M. Diguet. Bulletin du Museum d ' Histoire Naturelle (Paris), 1, 6 - 9.
- Schmitt, W. L. (1921) The marine decapod Crustacea of California. University of California Publications in Zoology, 23, 1 - 470.
- Hart, J. F. L. (1982) Crabs and their Relatives of British Columbia. British Columbia Provincial Museum Handbook 40, Victoria, 267 pp.
- Dawson, E. (1989) King crabs of the world (Crustacea: Lithodidae) and their fisheries. A comprehensive bibliography. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Miscellaneous Publication, 101, 1 - 338.
- Jensen, G. C. (1995) Pacific Coast Crabs and Shrimps. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California, 87 pp.