Pagurus aleuticus (Benedict, 1892)

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 182

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scientific name

Pagurus aleuticus (Benedict, 1892)
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Pagurus aleuticus (Benedict, 1892) View in CoL

( Fig. 42A)

Eupagurus aleuticus Benedict, 1892a: 3 View in CoL .

Pagurus ochotensis aleuticus . — Makarov 1962: 192, pl. 2, fig. 3.

Pagurus aleuticus View in CoL . — Pereyra & Alton 1972: 45. — McLaughlin 1974: 72, figs. 17–19 (extensive synonymy). — Haig & Wicksten 1975: 101. — Hart 1982: 131, fig. 47. — Wicksten 1989b: 314. — Lemaitre & Castaño 2004: 77.

Diagnosis. Rostrum triangular, about as long as lateral projections of carapace. Eyestalk short, stout; cornea dilated, ocular scale pointed. Major cheliped shorter than pereopods 2, 3; with numerous spines, granules over dorsal, lateral, mesial surfaces; lateral margins serrate. Minor cheliped exceeding carpus of major cheliped, with spines on dorsal surface, particularly long spines on carpus, margins of chela serrate. Pereopods 2, 3 long, slender; with serrate margins, dorsal spines; dactyl curved, with longitudinal groove, longer than propodus. Telson slightly asymmetrical, with lateral, terminal notches; terminal margin with small spinules. Uropods asymmetrical. Carapace length 28.1 mm.

Color in life. Appendages mostly pink. Chelipeds with red spines, sometimes also iridescence. Pereopods 2, 3 iridescent pink with maroon streaks, dark spines, dactyl orange with red stripe, dorsal groove dark red. Eyestalk white, tan; antennal flagellum orange or tan ( Hart 1982).

Habitat and depth. Mud or sand, 15–435 m.

Range. Bering Sea to Eureka , California. Type locality Aleutian Is .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Paguridae

Genus

Pagurus

Loc

Pagurus aleuticus (Benedict, 1892)

Wicksten, Mary K. 2012
2012
Loc

Pagurus aleuticus

Lemaitre, R. & Castano, C. 2004: 77
Wicksten, M. K. 1989: 314
Hart, J. F. L. 1982: 131
Haig, J. & Wicksten, M. K. 1975: 101
McLaughlin, P. A. 1974: 72
1974
Loc

Pagurus ochotensis aleuticus

Makarov, V. V. 1962: 192
1962
Loc

Eupagurus aleuticus

Benedict, J. E. 1892: 3
1892
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