Cyclodorippidae Ortmann, 1892b

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 203

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1175­5334

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Cyclodorippidae Ortmann, 1892b
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Family Cyclodorippidae Ortmann, 1892b View in CoL

These small crabs occur on shell hash bottoms along the coast of California. The last pereopods are held subdorsally. Both local species belong to the genus Deilocerus .

Key to species of family Cyclodorippidae View in CoL

1. Frontal lobes ending in pronounced cylindrical blunt spines, carapace distinctly granulate............. Deilocerus decorus View in CoL – Frontal lobes ending in blunt teeth, carapace minutely granulate to smooth.......................... Deilocerus planus View in CoL

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