Pagurus confragosus (Benedict, 1892)

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 185-186

Pagurus confragosus (Benedict, 1892)

( Fig. 43E–G)

Eupagurus confragosus Benedict, 1892a: 11 .

Pagurus confragosus . — Pereyra & Alton 1972: 45. — McLaughlin 1974: 203, figs. 51–54. — Hart 1982: 146, fig. 55. — Wicksten 1989b: 314. — Lemaitre & Castaño 2004: 78.

Diagnosis. Rostrum acute, triangular, much longer than lateral projections of carapace. Eyestalk short, stout; cornea dilated, ocular scale short, acute. Major cheliped stout, setose, shorter than pereopods 2, 3; merus setose, carpus with small dorsal spines, serrate margins; hand spinose, with raised triangular ridge extending past base of fixed finger. Minor cheliped slender, with rows of spines on carpus, hand, palm greatly inflated on outer side of convex ridge, with row of large spines on right side, small ones on left, extending nearly to middle of fingers. Pereopods 2, 3 stout, carpus serrate on margin of pereopod 2; dactyls longer than propodi, flattened, with longitudinal groove, with stiff dorsal setae, ventral movable spines. Telson nearly symmetrical, with lateral notches, terminal notch, teeth. Carapace length to 20.2 mm.

Color in life. Chelipeds red, white blotched proximally; carpus white with red blotches, spines; hand pink, fingers with white cutting edges. Pereopods 2, 3 with ischium pink, red, white; merus, carpus red, white, tan; propodus with red proximal bands, lighter color between them; dactyl red with lateral stripe, orange distally, pink medially. Eyestalk pink with white stripe, red patches; cornea black with gold flecks ( Hart 1982).

Habitat and depth. Continental shelf, slope, on rocks, mud, sand or gravel, 55– 435 m.

Range. Bristol Bay, Alaska to Columbia River mouth , Oregon. Type locality Portlock Bank , Alaska.