Paguristes turgidus (Stimpson, 1857)

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 178

Paguristes turgidus (Stimpson, 1857)

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Eupagurus turgidus Stimpson, 1857b: 484 , pl. 21, fig. 1.

Paguristes turgidus . — Holmes 1900: 151. — Schmitt 1921: 123, pl. 18, figs. 1, 8. — Johnson & Snook 1927: 332. — Pereyra & Alton 1972: 450. — McLaughlin 1974: 28, figs. 10–12. — Wicksten 1980c: 363; 1989b: 314. — Hart 1982: 104, fig. 36.— Jensen 1995: 68, fig. 129.

Diagnosis. Rostrum about as long as lateral projections of carapace.Second antennae sparsely setose. Length of eyestalk about 0.75 times width of anterior portion of carapace. Hands about 1.33 times longer than wide, outer margin slightly convex; immovable finger at base subequal to movable finger; upper surface of hands strongly spined with numerous dark-tipped spines. Appendages densely setose. Dactyls of pereopods 2, 3 longer than propodi. Propodus, merus of pereopod 2 with strong marginal spines. Telson strongly asymmetrical, left side more elongated than right; with deep lateral notches, teeth along posterior margin. Posterior margin deeply concave. Carapace length to 32 mm.

Color in life. Yellowish to orange-brown, eyestalk with longitudinal crimson stripe.

Habitat and depth. Rocks and muddy sand, 5–465 m.

Range. Chuckchi Sea to San Diego , California. Type locality Puget Sound .

Remarks. In the northern part of its range, the species often inhabits the shells of Fusitriton oregonensis (Redfield, 1846) . Crabs from California inhabited shells of species of the cold-water whelks, family Neptuneidae .