Paralomis verrilli ( Benedict, 1895 )

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 170-171

Paralomis verrilli ( Benedict, 1895)

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Pristopus verrilli Benedict 1895: 486 . — Rathbun 1904: 165.

Paralomis verrilli . — Schmitt 1921: 159, pl. 24, pl. 30, figs. 5, 6. — Makarov 1962: 258, fig. 103. — Pereyra & Alton 1972: 450. — Hart 1982: 86, fig. 2. — Wicksten 1989b: 315. — Dawson 1989: 318. — Komai & Amaoka 1989: 288. — Hendrickx & Harvey 1999: 374.

Diagnosis. Carapace slightly longer than wide, with spines, granules; large spines on margins, elevated areas. Rostrum bifid with subrostral spine. Chelipeds shorter than walking legs, spinous; right larger than left. Pereopods 2–4 somewhat flattened, with large teeth on margins, smaller teeth on dorsal surface. Abdomen with small spines, nodules. Carapace length 112 mm.

Color in life. Carapace pale reddish brown, thoracic appendages deep red. Distal half of cutting edges of chelae black or deep brown ( Komai & Amaoka 1989).

Habitat and depth. Continental slope, 450–2379 m.

Range. Sea of Okhotsk to off San Benito I., Baja California; and Gulf of California. Type locality off Pribilof Is .