Betaeus harfordi (Kingsley, 1878)

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 64

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scientific name	Betaeus harfordi (Kingsley, 1878)
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Betaeus harfordi (Kingsley, 1878) View in CoL

( Fig. 16A–D, Pl. 4A)

Alpheus harfordi Kingsley, 1878a: 198 View in CoL .

Betaeus harfordi View in CoL . — Rathbun 1904: 108. — Schmitt 1921: 79, fig. 55. — Johnson & Snook 1927: 310, fig. 261. — Hart 1964: 447, figs. 46–47, 54, 58–61, 73–74. — MacGinitie & MacGinitie 1968: 279. — Ache & Davenport 1972: 94.— Word & Charwat 1976: 51. — Chace & Abbott 1980: 571, fig. 23.3. — Wicksten 1984a: 188. — Campos-Gonzalez 1988: 384. — Kuris et al. 2007: 637, PL. 317 D.

Diagnosis. Front of carapace shallowly emarginate, produced over eye. Stylocerite reaching to distal quarter of second segment of antennular peduncle. Scaphocerite narrow, lateral tooth exceeding blade, separated from blade by slit, reaching third segment of antennular peduncle. Anterior margin of carapace shallowly curved. Chela of pereopod 1 flattened laterally, palm, fingers subequal in length; fingers meeting evenly or gaping. Carpus of pereopod 2 with 5 articles, article 1 longest. Pereopod 3 stout, flattened laterally, with spine on merus, stout, bifid dactyl. Pereopod 4 similar but shorter than 3, pereopod 5 shorter than 4. Abdominal pleura 1–4 rounded, pleuron 5 acute. Telson with 2 pairs dorsal spines, posterolateral spines vestigial or missing, posterior margin curved. Total length 24 mm

Color in life. Dark purple, blue-black, deep blue ( Hart 1964).

Habitat and depth. In mantle cavity of abalone ( Haliotis spp. ), rarely wavy top, Astraea undosa (Woods, 1828) ; lower intertidal zone to 22 m.

Range. Fort Bragg , California to Magdalena Bay, Baja California, Mexico. Type locality Santa Catalina I. , California .

References

Ache, B. & Davenport, D. (1972) The sensory basis of host recognition by symbiotic shrmps, genus Betaeus. Biological Bulletin, 143, 94 - 111.

Campos-Gonzalez, E. (1988) New molluscan hosts for two shrimps and two crabs on the coast of Baja California, with some remarks on distribution. Veliger, 30, 384 - 386.

Chace, F. A. Jr. & Abbott, D. P. (1980) Caridea: the shrimps. In: Morris, R. H., Abbott, D. P. & Haderlie, E. C. (Eds.) Intertidal Invertebrates of California. Stanford University Press, Stanford, California, pp. 567 - 576.

Hart, J. F. L. (1964) Shrimps of the genus Betaeus on the Pacific coast of North America with descriptions of three new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 115, 431 - 466.

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

Kingsley, J. S. (1878 a) A synopsis of the North American species of the genus Alpheus. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographic Survey of the Territories, United States Department of the Interior, 4, 189 - 199.

Kuris, A. M., Sadeghian, P. & Carlton, J. T. (2007) Keys to Decapod Crustacea. In: Carlton, J. T. (Ed.) The Light and Smith Manual: Intertidal Invertebrates Central California to Oregon. University of California Press, Berkeley, 4 th ed., pp. 636 - 656.

MacGinitie, G. E. & MacGinitie, N. (1968) Natural History of Marine Animals. McGraw-Hill, NewYork, second ed., 523 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.

Wicksten, M. K. (1984 a) New records of snapping shrimps (family Alpheidae) from California. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 97, 186 - 190.

Word, J. & Charwat, D. (1976) Invertebrates of Southern California Coastal Waters. II. Natantia. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, El Segundo, California. 238 pp.