Glyphocrangon vicaria Faxon, 1896

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 122-123

Glyphocrangon vicaria Faxon, 1896

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Glyphocrangon nobilis?: Faxon 1895: 142 .

Glyphocrangon vicaria Faxon, 1896: 159 , pl. 1, figs. 5–6. — Wicksten 1979c: 221, Fig. 4A–B; 1989b: 314. — Wicksten & Hendrickx 2003: 70.

Diagnosis. Exoskeleton firm, with scattered nodules but not covered with spines. Rostrum longer than scaphocerite, with 1 pair lateral teeth just beyond cornea of eye, another near base. Carapace with prominent antennal, branchiostegal teeth, each with supporting carina; also cervical, lateral grooves; nodules along submedial carinae, posterior intermediate carina, anterior, posterior antennal carinae. Antennular peduncle stout. Scaphocerite oval, without small tooth. First maxilliped stout, setose, with exopod. Pereopod 1 subchelate. Pereopod 2 slender, subchelate, carpus multi-articulate. Pereopods 3–5 similar, dactylus of third simple, dactyls of 4–5 flattened. Abdominal somite 1 small, pleura rounded. Abdominal pleuron 2 with one ventral tooth, pleura of somites 3–5 with two ventrolateral teeth each. Abdominal pleuron 6 ending in prominent tooth visible from above. Telson exceeding uropods. Total length 157 mm.

Color in life. Brownish-orange.

Habitat and depth. Mud, 938–3880 m.

Range. San Clemente Basin, California, U.S.A. to off Galapagos Is. Type locality north of Galapagos Is. (Albatross sta. 3411, 0 ˚54'N, 91˚ 9' W) .