Phyllolithodes papillosus Brandt, 1848

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

Phyllolithodes papillosus Brandt, 1848

(Pl. 6E)

Phyllolithodes papillosus Brandt, 1848: 175 . — Bouvier 1895: 174, pl. 11, fig. 12; pl. 12, figs. 14; 25; pl. 13, fig. 1. — Holmes 1900: 122. — Rathbun 1904: 164. — Schmitt 1921: 153, pl. 22, fig. 2. — Johnson & Snook 1927: 339. — Makarov 1962: 238, fig. 82. — Hart 1982: 72, fig. 20. — Dawson 1989: 319. — Jensen 1995: 72, fig. 142.

Diagnosis. Carapace triangular, with deep pits within heart-shaped area on dorsal surface; lateral margins with strong spines, posterior margin with large nodes. Rostrum ending in two horns, with subacute median spine. Chelipeds unequal, chelipeds, pereopods 2–4 with long spines. Carapace length to 90 mm.

Color in life. Carapace grayish, reddish or brown; walking legs often with cream-colored band above dactyl. Hart (1982) gave a more extensive description of the living color.

Habitat and depth. Rocky subtidal areas, lowest intertidal zone to 183 m.

Range. Dutch Harbor, Alaska to San Miguel I., California. Type locality Kadiak I., Alaska . Uncommon south of Monterey County, California .