Phyllolithodes papillosus Brandt, 1848

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

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5255181
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scientific name	Phyllolithodes papillosus Brandt, 1848
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Phyllolithodes papillosus Brandt, 1848 View in CoL

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Phyllolithodes papillosus Brandt, 1848: 175 View in CoL . — 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 .

References

Bouvier, E. - L. (1895) Sur une collection de Crustaces Decapodes recueillis en Basse-Californie par M. Diguet. Bulletin du Museum d ' Histoire Naturelle (Paris), 1, 6 - 9.

Brandt, J. F. (1848) Die Gattung Lithodes Latreille, nebst vier neuen ihn verwandten von Wosnessenski entdecten, als Typen einer besondern Unterabtheilung (Tribus Lithodea) der Edwards'schen Anomuran. Bulletin de la Classe Physico - Mathematique de l ' Academie Imperiale des Sciences de Saint - Petersbourg, 7, 171 - 175.

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.

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.

Makarov, V. V. (1962) Fauna of the U. S. S. R. Crustacea. Volume X, no. 3. Anomura. National Science Foundation, Washington, D. C. 283 pp.

Rathbun, M. J. (1904) Decapod crustaceans of the northwest coast of North America. Harriman Alaska Expedition, 10, 1 - 219.

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

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Malacostraca
Order	Decapoda
Family	Lithodidae
Genus	Phyllolithodes