Eurypanopeus hyperconvexus Garth, 1986

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 238-239

Eurypanopeus hyperconvexus Garth, 1986

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Eurypanopeus hyperconvexus Garth, 1986: 11 , fig. 6 A–F.

Diagnosis. Carapace convex, with rough lines forming ridges on carapace of female. Front with shallow notch, closed fissure. Anterolateral teeth 1, 2 fused, low; teeth 3, 4 subequal, tooth 5 short, triangular. Merus of third maxilliped subrectangular. Chelipeds similar. Carpus with inner tooth blunt. Palm somewhat swollen, upper margins with faint double crest. Finger of major chela without large basal tooth, fingers of minor chela longer, more slender than those of major, neither chela with gape. Pereopods 2–5 slender, carpi without lobes, dactyls long. Male carapace length 10.5 mm, female carapace length 9.6.

Color in life. Body not reported. Fingers of chelae with brown bases, color of immovable finger extending short distance on palm, apices white ( Garth 1986).

Habitat and depth. Subtidal on rock and sand, 68–79 m.

Range. Known only from type locality, 0.8–1.6 km NW of Anacapa I. Light, California .