Acantholithodes hispidus (Stimpson, 1860)

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 164

Acantholithodes hispidus (Stimpson, 1860)

(Pl. 6C)

Dermaturus hispidus Stimpson, 1860: 242 . — Bouvier 1895: 174, pl. 11, figs. 3, 16; pl. 12, figs. 2, 16, 31.

Acantholithodes hispidus . — Holmes 1895: 575; 1900: 120. — Schmitt 1921: 152, pl. 19, fig. 2; fig. 98. — Hart 1982: 70, fig. 19. — Wicksten 1982: 246. — Dawson 1989: 319. — Jensen 1995: 69, fig. 132.

Diagnosis. Rostrum prominent, ending in strong spines. Carapace flattened, with numerous short setose spines; broadly pear-shaped, widest just past midlength; branchial regions with slight depressed area, sharp narrow cleft between cardiac, gastric regions. Abdomen short, broad, soft. Chelipeds, pereopods 2–4 armed with numerous spines. Carapace length to 62 mm.

Color in life. Body yellowish to tan, spines darker, sometimes with faint bands of red on legs; hands of chelipeds with tinge of red, fingers bright red with white teeth, black apices ( Hart 1982).

Habitat and depth. Usually on vertical rock walls, zone to 165 m but usually subtidal in southern parts of its range.

Range. Off Moorovskoy Bay , Alaska to San Nicolas I., California . Type locality Monterey Bay , California .