Pagurus redondoensis Wicksten, 1982

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 191-192

Pagurus redondoensis Wicksten, 1982

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Pagurus redondoensis Wicksten, 1982d: 605 , figs. 1–3. — Harvey & McLaughlin 1991: 20. — Haig & Harvey 1991: 10. — Jensen 1995: 62, fig. 113. — Lemaitre & Castaño 2004: 79.

Diagnosis. Rostrum short, rounded to triangular, about as long as lateral projections of carapace. Eyestalk long, slender, cornea dilated; ocular scale ending in 4–5 spinules. Major cheliped with setae on carpus, chela; carpus with teeth along mesial, distal margins; palm with 2 rows of dorsal spines, teeth along mesial margin; gap between fingers in adult males. Minor cheliped with prominent distal spines on carpus, low spines or teeth along mesial margin of merus, carpus, chela; 2 rows of large spines on palm. Pereopods 2, 3 setose, dactyls shorter than propodi, with ventral spines. Telson asymmetrical, lateral margins with cleft, terminal margin with deep u-shaped cleft and teeth. Uropods asymmetrical. Carapace length to 6 mm.

Color in life. Greenish brown to reddish, but color often obscured by silt on setae. Chelipeds with prominent white band, narrow dark band at distal end of merus. Pereopods 2, 3 with white band at distal end of merus. Eyestalk with gray tinge, lightly banded with darker shades. Antennal flagellum dark brown with white bands. The color notes are from crabs from Catalina Harbor , Santa Catalina I.

Habitat and depth. Usually in protected bays or harbors, often among tube mollusks ( Serpulorbis squamigerus ), lowest intertidal zone to 50 m.

Range. Redondo Beach, to La Jolla, California. Type locality Redondo Beach .

Remarks. This is a very common hermit crab in the appropriate habitat and depth in southern California.