Pandalus stenolepis Rathbun, 1902

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 103-104

Pandalus stenolepis Rathbun, 1902

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Pandalus stenolepis Rathbun, 1902a: 901 ; 1904: 49, fig. 14. — Johnson & Snook 1927: 303, fig. 257c. — Kozloff 1974: 163. — Butler l980: 145, pl. 2C. — Wicksten 1989b: 313. — Jensen 1995: 55, fig. 103.

Diagnosis. Body stout. Rostrum with distal 0.66 ascending sharply, 8–12 dorsal teeth, spines; 5–7 ventral teeth, apex bifid. Carapace with strong antennal, moderate to weak pterygostomian teeth, patch of pubescence on cardiac region. Eyes large, cornea almost spherical. Antennular peduncle short, stylocerite short, round. Scaphocerite narrow, lateral tooth exceeding blade, peduncle short. Third maxilliped moderately stout, antepenultimate segment with slight lamina, epipod present. Pereopods 1–4 with epipods. Pereopod 1 slender, ischium with slight lamina. Pereopod 2 chelate, left leg longer, more slender than right, carpus with about 50 articles; carpus of right leg with l0–13 articles. Pereopod 3 moderately stout, with 0 or l ischial spines, merus with 5–7 spines, carpus with 1 or 2 spines, propodus with l8–22 spinules, dactyl stout, spinose. Pereopod 4 about as stout as third pereopod, with 1 ischial spine, 5–7 meral spines, carpus with l–2 spines, propodus with 14–18 spinules, stout dactyl. Pereopod 5 with 0 or 1 meral spine, merus with 3–5 spines, carpus with 2 spines, propodus with 15–23 spinules, stout dactyl. Abdominal somite 2 with distinct transverse dorsal sulcus, somite 3 with dorsal posterior margin moderately produced. Pleuron of somite 4 with weak ventral point, somite 5 with strong posterolateral point, somite 6 with moderate posteroventral point. Telson moderately wide, tapering to blunt apex, with 4–5 pairs dorsolateral spines. Male total length about 76 mm, female 82 mm.

Color in life. Grayish to whitish, with patches of red on carapace, abdomen, appendages; blue dots on abdominal somites.

Habitat and depth. Muddy bottoms, 49–229 m.

Range. Unalaska I. to Hecata Bank, Oregon. Type locality Strait of Juan de Fuca .