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Glyptolithodes cristatipes

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Glyptolithodes cristatipes (Faxon, 1893)

(Fig. 39E, F)

Rhinolithodes cristatipes Faxon, 1893:163.

Glyptolithodes cristatipes. — Faxon 1895: 43, pl. 7, fig. 2, 2a–2c. — Haig 1974: 161, fig. 5. — Baez & Andrade 1979: 222, pl. 1, fig. 2. — Wicksten 1982: 247. — Wicksten 1989b: 314. — Dawson 1989: 317. — Martin et al. 1997: 83, figs. 2, 3 (extensive synonymy). — Hendrickx & Harvey 1999: 374.

Diagnosis (after Haig 1974 and Martin et al. 1997). Carapace subtriangular, tuberculate; gastric area raised into conical prominence, crescent-shaped ridge on each branchial region, cardiac area enclosed in deep fossa. Ridges, prominences more marked in juvenile than adult. Rostrum straight, triangular. Anterolateral margin of carapace with 5 teeth. Chelipeds unequal, right one larger; coxa granulated, lower margin of ischium, merus with 3–4 blunt teeth, upper surface of merus toothed. Pereopods 2–4 with crest along anterior margin. Abdomen tubeculate. Juveniles with more spines than adults, carapace more angular, appendages more stout, short. Carapace length to 71.4 mm.

Color in life. Not reported.

Habitat and depth. Continental shelf and slope, 183–800 m.

Range. Palos Verdes Peninsula, California to off Valparaiso, Chile. Type locality Gulf of Panama (Albatross sta. 3354, 7˚ 9' 45" N, 80˚ 50' 0" W). Hendrickx & Harvey (1999) mistakenly reported the species from "Palo Alto, California", but the record in fact came from off the Palos Verdes Peninsula, Los Angeles County, 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 pages 166-167

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Faxon
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Decapoda
Family
Lithodidae
Genus
Glyptolithodes
Species
cristatipes
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Glyptolithodes cristatipes (Faxon, 1893) sec. Wicksten, 2012

References

  • Faxon, W. (1893) Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer " Albatross " during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S. N., commanding. VI. Preliminary descriptions of new species of Crustacea. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 24, 149 - 220.
  • Faxon, W. (1895) Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer " Albatross " during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S. N., commanding. 15. The stalk-eyed Crustacea. Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College Memoir, 18, 1 - 292.
  • Haig, J. (1974) Observations on the lithodid crabs of Peru, with descriptions of two new species. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 73, 152 - 164.
  • Baez, P. & Andrade, H. (1979) Crustaceos decapodos archibentonico frecuentes frente a la costa de Chile central. Anales del Museo de Historia Natural Valparaiso, Chile, 12, 219 - 229.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Hendrickx, M. E. & Harvey, A. (1999) Checklist of anomuran crabs (Crustacea; Decapoda) from the eastern tropical Pacific. Belgian Journal of Zoology, 129, 363 - 389.