Paguristes turgidus (Stimpson, 1857)

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 178

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scientific name	Paguristes turgidus (Stimpson, 1857)
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Paguristes turgidus (Stimpson, 1857) View in CoL

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Eupagurus turgidus Stimpson, 1857b: 484 , pl. 21, fig. 1.

Paguristes turgidus View in CoL . — Holmes 1900: 151. — Schmitt 1921: 123, pl. 18, figs. 1, 8. — Johnson & Snook 1927: 332. — Pereyra & Alton 1972: 450. — McLaughlin 1974: 28, figs. 10–12. — Wicksten 1980c: 363; 1989b: 314. — Hart 1982: 104, fig. 36.— Jensen 1995: 68, fig. 129.

Diagnosis. Rostrum about as long as lateral projections of carapace.Second antennae sparsely setose. Length of eyestalk about 0.75 times width of anterior portion of carapace. Hands about 1.33 times longer than wide, outer margin slightly convex; immovable finger at base subequal to movable finger; upper surface of hands strongly spined with numerous dark-tipped spines. Appendages densely setose. Dactyls of pereopods 2, 3 longer than propodi. Propodus, merus of pereopod 2 with strong marginal spines. Telson strongly asymmetrical, left side more elongated than right; with deep lateral notches, teeth along posterior margin. Posterior margin deeply concave. Carapace length to 32 mm.

Color in life. Yellowish to orange-brown, eyestalk with longitudinal crimson stripe.

Habitat and depth. Rocks and muddy sand, 5–465 m.

Range. Chuckchi Sea to San Diego , California. Type locality Puget Sound .

Remarks. In the northern part of its range, the species often inhabits the shells of Fusitriton oregonensis (Redfield, 1846) . Crabs from California inhabited shells of species of the cold-water whelks, family Neptuneidae .

References

Hart, J. F. L. (1982) Crabs and their Relatives of British Columbia. British Columbia Provincial Museum Handbook 40, Victoria, 267 pp.

Holmes, S. J. (1900) Synopsis of California stalk-eyed Crustacea. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences, 7, 12 - 62.

Jensen, G. C. (1995) Pacific Coast Crabs and Shrimps. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California, 87 pp.

Johnson, M. E. & Snook, H. J. (1927) Seashore Animals of the Pacific Coast. Dover Publications, New York, reprint 1967, 659 pp.

McLaughlin, P. A. (1974) The hermit crabs (Crustacea Decapoda, Paguridea) of northwestern North America. Zoologische Verhandelingen Uitgegeven door het Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie te Leiden, 130, 1 - 396.

Schmitt, W. L. (1921) The marine decapod Crustacea of California. University of California Publications in Zoology, 23, 1 - 470.

Stimpson, W. (1857 b) On the Crustacea and Echinodermata of the Pacific shores of North America. Journal of the Boston Society of Natural History, 6, 444 - 532.

Wicksten, M. K. (1980 c) Mainland and insular assemblges of benthic decapod crustaceans of southern California. In: Power, D. M. (Ed). The California Islands: Proceedings of a Multidisciplinary Symposium. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, California, pp. 357 - 367.

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.