Palicus cortezi ( Crane, 1937 )

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 261-262

Palicus cortezi ( Crane, 1937)

( Fig. 60D)

Cympolia cortezi Crane, 1937: 75 , pl. 8, fig. 25. — Garth 1946: 499, pl. 85, fig. 2.

Palicus cortezi . — Montagne & Cadien 2001: 206, fig. 3.

Diagnosis. Carapace wider than long, with 2 large triangular teeth mesial to large eye, 2 sharp anterolateral teeth, dorsal surface strongly tuberculate. Right cheliped with dactyl deflexed, propodus with large tubercles along margin, carpus also with strong teeth. Pereopods 2–4 wide, with acute ridges on merus, carpus, propodus, dactyl. Sharp dorsal teeth at distal dorsal, ventral margins of merus. Dactyl ovate tapering to acute apex. Pereopod 5 shorter than other pereopods. Male carapace length 6.2 mm (juvenile specimen), female not reported.

Color in life. Not reported.

Habitat and depth. Rock sand, crushed shell and coral, 61–275 m.

Range. Off Palos Verdes Peninsula, Los Angeles County, California to Wenman I., Galapagos Is. Type locality Santa Inez Bay , Gulf of California, Mexico .