Lopholithodes mandtii Brandt, 1848

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 168

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Lopholithodes mandtii Brandt, 1848 View in CoL

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Lopholithodes mandtii Brandt, 1848: 174 View in CoL . — Holmes 1900: 128. — Schmitt 1921: 156, pl. 21, fig. 1; fig. 101. — Johnson & Snook 1927: 340. — Makarov 1962: 266, figs. 106, 107. — Pereyra & Alton 1972: 450. — Hart 1982: 82, fig. 25. — Dawson 1989: 318. — Jensen 1995: 73, fig. 144. — Kuris et al. 2007: 648.

Diagnosis. Carapace strongly convex; gastric, cardiac, branchial regions each with prominent subconical tubercle, anterolateral margin with large, small spines; large prominence at each posterolateral angle; all raised areas more prominent in juveniles than in adults. Rostrum short, consisting of subconical tubercle, knob with two lateral tubercles with posterior notch. Chelipeds unequal. Chelipeds, pereopods 2–4 with tubercles. Abdomen asymmetrical, with tubercles. Carapace length to 177.8 mm.

Color in life. Scarlet, red or orange, with bright purple markings on ventral part of body, legs ( Hart 1982).

Habitat and depth. Usually subtidal rocky areas, rarely lowest intertidal zone, to 200 m.

Range. Sitka, Alaska to Monterey, California but few reports south of Washington. Type locality Sitka, Alaska .

References

Brandt, J. F. (1848) Die Gattung Lithodes Latreille, nebst vier neuen ihn verwandten von Wosnessenski entdecten, als Typen einer besondern Unterabtheilung (Tribus Lithodea) der Edwards'schen Anomuran. Bulletin de la Classe Physico - Mathematique de l ' Academie Imperiale des Sciences de Saint - Petersbourg, 7, 171 - 175.

Dawson, E. (1989) King crabs of the world (Crustacea: Lithodidae) and their fisheries. A comprehensive bibliography. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Miscellaneous Publication, 101, 1 - 338.

Hart, J. F. L. (1982) Crabs and their Relatives of British Columbia. British Columbia Provincial Museum Handbook 40, Victoria, 267 pp.

Holmes, S. J. (1900) Synopsis of California stalk-eyed Crustacea. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences, 7, 12 - 62.

Jensen, G. C. (1995) Pacific Coast Crabs and Shrimps. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California, 87 pp.

Johnson, M. E. & Snook, H. J. (1927) Seashore Animals of the Pacific Coast. Dover Publications, New York, reprint 1967, 659 pp.

Kuris, A. M., Sadeghian, P. & Carlton, J. T. (2007) Keys to Decapod Crustacea. In: Carlton, J. T. (Ed.) The Light and Smith Manual: Intertidal Invertebrates Central California to Oregon. University of California Press, Berkeley, 4 th ed., pp. 636 - 656.

Makarov, V. V. (1962) Fauna of the U. S. S. R. Crustacea. Volume X, no. 3. Anomura. National Science Foundation, Washington, D. C. 283 pp.

Schmitt, W. L. (1921) The marine decapod Crustacea of California. University of California Publications in Zoology, 23, 1 - 470.